Groceries and convenience · County · West Virginia
Convenience stores in Kanawha County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Kanawha County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,274 of 2,261 scored counties
#7 of 41 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 85
- 77 chain locations (91%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $431.8M
- On groceries · $5,647 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 172,381
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kanawha County spend about $431.8M a year on groceries, or $5,647 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 85 convenience stores, that is $5.1M per store, 36% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Kanawha County has 85 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 77 are chain locations, or 91%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Kanawha County in 2023. That is one for every 9,557 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kanawha County declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Kanawha County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,274 of 2,261 scored counties and #7 of 41 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Kanawha County compares
The same measures for West Virginia 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 | Kanawha County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 11.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $4.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,557 | 5,783 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,647 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,943 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 17 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 74
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8577 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Kanawha 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 Kanawha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 172,381−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 76,459
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 196
- Median household income
- $60,943+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,041
- Median home value
- $147,300
- Jobs located here
- 104,812
- Daytime population
- 206,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 68 | 50 | 9.8 | $6.3M | +13.7% | #501 of 2,261 |
| 2Morgan County, WV | 67 | 6 | 8.2 | $7.1M | +5.5% | #528 of 2,261 |
| 3Monongalia County, WV | 66 | 43 | 9.6 | $6.1M | +2.0% | #564 of 2,261 |
| 4Jefferson County, WV | 61 | 29 | 12.7 | $5.2M | +9.2% | #736 of 2,261 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 56 | 21 | 9.0 | $6.8M | −1.0% | #896 of 2,261 |
| 6Cabell County, WV | 55 | 30 | 7.6 | $7.2M | −3.2% | #928 of 2,261 |
| 7Kanawha County, WV | 46 | 85 | 11.1 | $5.1M | −4.3% | #1,274 of 2,261 |
| 8Mason County, WV | 45 | 6 | 5.9 | $9.1M | −2.7% | #1,292 of 2,261 |
| 9Marshall County, WV | 45 | 10 | 8.0 | $6.9M | −4.4% | #1,294 of 2,261 |
| 10Wayne County, WV | 44 | 13 | 8.2 | $6.7M | −4.0% | #1,323 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Kanawha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores46
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 Kanawha County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 85 convenience stores in Kanawha County. 77 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Kanawha County, WV spend on groceries?
About $431.8M a year, or $5,647 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 76,459 households in Kanawha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kanawha County, WV compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Kanawha County has 11.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.1M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Kanawha County would have about 55, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,557 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Kanawha County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Kanawha County at 172,381 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 76,459 households. The median household income in Kanawha County is $60,943 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Kanawha County scores 46 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,274 of 2,261 scored counties.
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