Groceries and convenience · County · Wisconsin
Convenience stores in Dane County, WI
How Dane County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 90 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #35 of 2,261 scored counties
#2 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 149
- 113 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On groceries · $6,448 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.9M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 590,375
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Dane County has a Groundwork market score of 90 (very high): #35 of 2,261 scored counties and #2 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.
At $6,448 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Dane County spend about $1.6B a year on groceries. That works out to $10.9M per store, 38% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Dane County has 149 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 76% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Dane County in 2023. That is one for every 22,866 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates show Dane County grew 4.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dane County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Dane County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.9M | $7.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 22,866 | 15,400 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,448 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $89,975 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 90 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 142
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 149113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 206The 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 Dane 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 Dane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 590,375+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 251,529
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,197 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 479
- Median household income
- $89,975+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,712
- Median home value
- $394,800
- Jobs located here
- 369,475
- Daytime population
- 644,560Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ozaukee County, WI | 90 | 10 | 2.6 | $25.5M | +3.0% | #32 of 2,261 |
| 2Dane County, WI | 90 | 149 | 5.9 | $10.9M | +4.9% | #35 of 2,261 |
| 3Waukesha County, WI | 89 | 79 | 4.7 | $14.5M | +2.4% | #41 of 2,261 |
| 4Calumet County, WI | 83 | 11 | 5.1 | $12.3M | +2.9% | #117 of 2,261 |
| 5Kenosha County, WI | 78 | 36 | 5.2 | $11.9M | −0.4% | #217 of 2,261 |
| 6Brown County, WI | 75 | 75 | 6.8 | $9.1M | +2.6% | #296 of 2,261 |
| 7Washington County, WI | 74 | 45 | 7.9 | $8.2M | +1.8% | #322 of 2,261 |
| 8Racine County, WI | 72 | 56 | 7.0 | $8.8M | +0.4% | #367 of 2,261 |
| 9Rock County, WI | 72 | 49 | 7.3 | $8.2M | +1.7% | #372 of 2,261 |
| 10Outagamie County, WI | 72 | 64 | 8.2 | $7.7M | +2.6% | #376 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Dane County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores86
- Grocery stores81
- Convenience stores90
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 Dane County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 149 convenience stores in Dane County. 113 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Dane County, WI spend on groceries?
About $1.6B a year, or $6,448 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 149 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $10.9M 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 251,529 households in Dane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dane County, WI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Dane County has 5.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $10.9M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Dane County would have about 206, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,866 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Dane County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Dane County at 590,375 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 251,529 households. The median household income in Dane County is $89,975 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.8% 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. Dane County scores 90 for convenience stores (very high), #35 of 2,261 scored counties.
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