Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Washington
Convenience stores in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #37 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 64
- 34 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $756.5M
- On groceries · $6,362 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.8M
- 50% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 304,261
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #37 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for convenience stores.
Households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area spend about $756.5M a year on groceries, or $6,362 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $11.8M per store, 50% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has 64 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 32% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 5,945 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $10.4M have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area 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 | Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $11.8M | $11.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,945 | 4,520 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,362 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $96,563 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6434 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $10.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area, 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 the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 304,261+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 118,899
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 723 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 414
- Median household income
- $96,563+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,140
- Median home value
- $480,300
- Jobs located here
- 136,091
- Daytime population
- 311,425Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 79 | 52 | 4.8 | $13.8M | +2.7% | #19 of 387 |
| 2Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 79 | 825 | 5.1 | $13.4M | +3.3% | #20 of 387 |
| 3Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 75 | 64 | 5.4 | $11.8M | +2.8% | #37 of 387 |
| 4Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 75 | 26 | 5.5 | $11.3M | +5.0% | #38 of 387 |
| 5Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 66 | 136 | 5.7 | $10.5M | +3.5% | #81 of 387 |
| 6Kennewick-Richland, WA | 63 | 84 | 7.8 | $8M | +6.5% | #108 of 387 |
| 7Bellingham, WA | 57 | 69 | 7.3 | $8.3M | +3.9% | #155 of 387 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 56 | 652 | 6.5 | $10M | +1.0% | #156 of 387 |
| 8Walla Walla, WA | 56 | 16 | 6.8 | $8.7M | −0.4% | #159 of 387 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 54 | 20 | 7.5 | $7.8M | +1.5% | #174 of 387 |
Other business types in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores59
- Convenience stores75
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 the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 64 convenience stores in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area. 34 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area spend on groceries?
About $756.5M a year, or $6,362 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $11.8M 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 118,899 households in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area has 5.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $11.8M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area would have about 96, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,945 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area at 304,261 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,899 households. The median household income in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area is $96,563 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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. The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater metro area scores 75 for convenience stores (high), #37 of 387 scored metro areas.
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