Groceries and convenience · Metro area · West Virginia
Convenience stores in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area
How the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #367 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 62
- 33 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $323M
- On groceries · $5,567 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 134,089
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Wheeling metro area is 20 (low), #367 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 convenience stores in the Wheeling metro area. Of those, 33 are chain locations, or 53%, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,567 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Wheeling metro area spend about $323M a year on groceries. That is about $5.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Wheeling metro area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 4,145 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Wheeling metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Wheeling metro area 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 | Wheeling metro area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 11.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $4.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,145 | 5,783 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,567 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,418 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 17 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6233 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 the Wheeling 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 Wheeling metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 134,089−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,024
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 944 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $57,418+14.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,303
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 58,297
- Daytime population
- 134,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for convenience stores, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Wheeling metro area marked.
Top metro areas in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 72 | 1,315 | 5.5 | $13M | +3.3% | #51 of 387 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 53 | 107 | 9.1 | $6.7M | +7.1% | #184 of 387 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 49 | 66 | 11.9 | $5.3M | +6.5% | #213 of 387 |
| 1Morgantown, WV | 45 | 61 | 10.6 | $5.5M | +1.3% | #234 of 387 |
| 2Charleston, WV | 28 | 99 | 11.3 | $5M | −4.7% | #330 of 387 |
| 3Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 26 | 145 | 9.5 | $5.9M | −2.6% | #338 of 387 |
| 4Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 22 | 54 | 10.9 | $5.1M | −3.6% | #359 of 387 |
| 5Wheeling, WV-OH | 20 | 62 | 10.7 | $5.2M | −3.6% | #367 of 387 |
| 6Beckley, WV | 17 | 49 | 10.9 | $4.9M | −4.3% | #372 of 387 |
| 7Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 11 | 42 | 11.1 | $5M | −2.3% | #383 of 387 |
Other business types in the Wheeling 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 stores20
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores20
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 Wheeling, WV-OH metro area?
There are 62 convenience stores on map listings in the Wheeling metro area as of September 2026. 33 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area spend on groceries?
About $323M a year, or $5,567 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,024 households in the Wheeling metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Wheeling metro area has 10.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Wheeling metro area would have about 41, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,145 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wheeling metro area at 134,089 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 58,024 households. Median household income in the Wheeling metro area is $57,418, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.0%, 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 Wheeling metro area scores 20 for convenience stores (low), #367 of 387 scored metro areas.
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