Groceries and convenience · County · West Virginia
Convenience stores in Putnam County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Putnam County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #896 of 2,261 scored counties
#5 of 41 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 21
- 17 chain locations (81%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $143.8M
- On groceries · $6,184 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,885
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,184 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Putnam County spend about $143.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 21 convenience stores, that is $6.8M per store, 13% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Putnam County has 21 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (81%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Putnam County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Putnam County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Putnam County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #896 of 2,261 scored counties and #5 of 41 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Putnam 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 | Putnam County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 11.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $4.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,783 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,184 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $79,527 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 17 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2117 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Putnam 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 Putnam County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,885−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 23,251
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 165
- Median household income
- $79,527+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,714
- Median home value
- $223,300
- Jobs located here
- 22,705
- Daytime population
- 55,529Residents 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 Putnam County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores68
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores56
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 Putnam County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 convenience stores in Putnam County. 17 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Putnam County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Putnam County, WV spend on groceries?
About $143.8M a year, or $6,184 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 23,251 households in Putnam County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Putnam County, WV compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Putnam County has 9.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.8M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Putnam County would have about 18, against 21 on map listings.
How fast is Putnam County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Putnam County at 56,885 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,251 households. The median household income in Putnam County is $79,527 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Putnam County scores 56 for convenience stores (upper middle), #896 of 2,261 scored counties.
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