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Gas stations in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #151 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 983
- 886 chain locations (90%)
- Official establishments
- 666
- +11.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,715 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,270,682
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Kansas City metro area comes to about $2.4B a year: $2,715 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each station on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Kansas City metro area has 983 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 90% of them, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.0, in line with the U.S. rate of 10.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 666 businesses with payroll in the Kansas City metro area classed as gasoline stations, up 11.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,344 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $18.4M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Kansas City metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kansas City metro area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in the Kansas City metro area is 57 (upper middle), #151 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Kansas City metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Kansas City metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 13.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,344 | 952 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.0% | +0.4% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,715 | $2,681 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $83,460 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 666+11.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,595
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $248.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 983886 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,019The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $18.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Kansas City 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 Kansas City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,270,682+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 895,368
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 306
- Median household income
- $83,460+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,261
- Median home value
- $287,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,123,972
- Daytime population
- 2,247,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbia, MO | 57 | 81 | 9.4 | $2.9M | +3.9% | #148 of 387 |
| 2Kansas City, MO-KS | 57 | 983 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +3.4% | #151 of 387 |
| 3St. Louis, MO-IL | 46 | 1,153 | 9.9 | $2.6M | −0.2% | #221 of 387 |
| 4Springfield, MO | 45 | 248 | 12.5 | $2.2M | +5.1% | #233 of 387 |
| 5Joplin, MO-KS | 42 | 113 | 14.2 | $2M | +3.9% | #252 of 387 |
| 6Jefferson City, MO | 41 | 85 | 14.5 | $2M | +2.2% | #258 of 387 |
| 7Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 39 | 44 | 11.5 | $2.4M | +1.7% | #271 of 387 |
| 8St. Joseph, MO-KS | 16 | 98 | 20.9 | $1.3M | −2.0% | #373 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kansas City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 983 gas stations in the Kansas City metro area. 886 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 666 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $2.4B a year, or $2,715 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 983 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 895,368 households in the Kansas City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Kansas City metro area has 11.0 gas stations per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.5M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Kansas City metro area would have about 1,019, against 983 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,344 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kansas City metro area at 2,270,682 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 895,368 households. Median household income in the Kansas City metro area is $83,460, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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 Kansas City metro area scores 57 for gas stations (upper middle), #151 of 387 scored metro areas.
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