Groceries and convenience · County · Washington
Convenience stores in Clallam County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Clallam County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #715 of 2,261 scored counties
#27 of 33 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 26
- 9 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $204M
- On groceries · $5,821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.8M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,202
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,821 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Clallam County spend about $204M a year on groceries. Spread across 26 convenience stores, that is $7.8M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Clallam County has 26 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 7.4 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Clallam County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 3,894 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $6.7M have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Clallam County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clallam County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Clallam County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #715 of 2,261 scored counties and #27 of 33 scored counties in Washington.
How Clallam County compares
The same measures for Washington and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Clallam County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.8M | $11.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,894 | 4,520 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,821 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,370 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 65
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 269 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $6.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Clallam County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Clallam County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,202+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,046
- Median age
- 51.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,739 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,370+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,407
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 23,717
- Daytime population
- 69,279Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, WA | 89 | 7 | 4.4 | $14.1M | +8.0% | #42 of 2,261 |
| 2King County, WA | 87 | 445 | 4.7 | $14.9M | +3.1% | #66 of 2,261 |
| 3Kitsap County, WA | 85 | 52 | 4.8 | $13.8M | +2.7% | #87 of 2,261 |
| 4San Juan County, WA | 84 | 5 | 5.5 | $11.2M | +4.2% | #101 of 2,261 |
| 5Thurston County, WA | 82 | 64 | 5.4 | $11.8M | +2.8% | #128 of 2,261 |
| 6Snohomish County, WA | 82 | 194 | 6.1 | $11.1M | +4.9% | #129 of 2,261 |
| 7Benton County, WA | 81 | 59 | 7.6 | $8.3M | +6.9% | #154 of 2,261 |
| 8Clark County, WA | 80 | 105 | 5.4 | $12.1M | +5.3% | #165 of 2,261 |
| 9Pierce County, WA | 79 | 186 | 5.3 | $12.3M | +2.5% | #185 of 2,261 |
| 10Island County, WA | 78 | 8 | 2.2 | $28.3M | −1.5% | #208 of 2,261 |
| 27Clallam County, WA | 61 | 26 | 7.4 | $7.8M | +1.1% | #715 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Clallam County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores61
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Clallam County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 convenience stores in Clallam County. 9 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Clallam County, WA spend on groceries?
About $204M a year, or $5,821 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.8M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,046 households in Clallam County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clallam County, WA compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Clallam County has 7.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.8M, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,894 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Clallam County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Clallam County at 78,202 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,046 households. The median household income in Clallam County is $70,370 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Clallam County scores 61 for convenience stores (upper middle), #715 of 2,261 scored counties.
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