Groceries and convenience · County · Wisconsin
Convenience stores in Door County, WI
How Door 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #428 of 2,261 scored counties
#16 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $90.8M
- On groceries · $6,058 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.1M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,616
- +1.6% since 2020
See the convenience stores around any address in Door County
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What this means
At $6,058 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Door County spend about $90.8M a year on groceries. That is about $9.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Door County has 10 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Door County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Door County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Door County is 70 (upper middle), #428 of 2,261 scored counties and #16 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Door 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 | Door County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.1M | $7.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 15,400 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,058 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $74,795 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 57 |
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
- 102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Door 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 Door County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,616+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 14,986
- Median age
- 53.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 482 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $74,795+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,001
- Median home value
- $342,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,670
- Daytime population
- 28,917Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Door County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| 16Door County, WI | 70 | 10 | 6.7 | $9.1M | +1.6% | #428 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Door County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores31
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores70
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 Door County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 convenience stores in Door County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Door County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Door County, WI spend on groceries?
About $90.8M a year, or $6,058 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.1M 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 14,986 households in Door County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Door County, WI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Door County has 6.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.1M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Door County would have about 12, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Door County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Door County at 30,616 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,986 households. The median household income in Door County is $74,795 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Door County scores 70 for convenience stores (upper middle), #428 of 2,261 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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