Groceries and convenience · County · Wisconsin
Convenience stores in Marquette County, WI
How Marquette 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,336 of 2,261 scored counties
#46 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $39.9M
- On groceries · $5,712 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,927
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 convenience stores in Marquette County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Marquette County comes to about $39.9M a year: $5,712 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 convenience stores, that is $5M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Marquette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marquette County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Marquette County is 44 (lower middle), #1,336 of 2,261 scored counties and #46 of 66 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Marquette 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 | Marquette County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $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 | +2.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,712 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,681 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 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
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Marquette 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 Marquette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,927+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,987
- Median age
- 49.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $65,681+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,123
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,800
- Daytime population
- 12,809Residents 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 |
| 46Marquette County, WI | 44 | 8 | 11.4 | $5M | +2.1% | #1,336 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Marquette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores44
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 Marquette County, WI?
There are 8 convenience stores on map listings in Marquette County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Marquette County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Marquette County, WI spend on groceries?
About $39.9M a year, or $5,712 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,987 households in Marquette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marquette County, WI compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Marquette County has 11.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Marquette County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Marquette County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Marquette County at 15,927 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,987 households. Median household income in Marquette County is $65,681, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.6%, 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. Marquette County scores 44 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,336 of 2,261 scored counties.
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