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Gas stations in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #292 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 330
- 281 chain locations (85%)
- Official establishments
- 346
- −2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $716.1M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $1,870 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 915,835
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #292 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 330 gas stations in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area. Chain locations make up 85% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 8.6 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
At $1,870 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area spend about $716.1M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each station on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Official counts show 346 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,107 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 6.9 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,107 | 1,743 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.0% | −10.9% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $1,870 | $1,450 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $88,074 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 346−2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,117
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $109.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 330281 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 300The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 915,835+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 383,063
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,812 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $88,074+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,274
- Median home value
- $285,900
- Jobs located here
- 460,466
- Daytime population
- 937,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ithaca, NY | 52 | 24 | 5.5 | $3.2M | −1.4% | #178 of 387 |
| 2New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 45 | 4,665 | 6.3 | $2.3M | +0.6% | #231 of 387 |
| 3Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 40 | 382 | 7.6 | $2.3M | −0.8% | #264 of 387 |
| 4Utica-Rome, NY | 38 | 84 | 6.9 | $2.6M | −2.0% | #279 of 387 |
| 5Rochester, NY | 38 | 371 | 8.3 | $2.2M | −0.7% | #282 of 387 |
| 6Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 35 | 330 | 8.6 | $2.2M | +1.9% | #292 of 387 |
| 7Syracuse, NY | 33 | 230 | 8.5 | $2.2M | −1.3% | #306 of 387 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 29 | 77 | 7.5 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #326 of 387 |
| 9Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 29 | 327 | 12.8 | $1.6M | +3.0% | #329 of 387 |
| 10Glens Falls, NY | 28 | 42 | 7.7 | $2.6M | −1.9% | #331 of 387 |
Other business types in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gas stations are in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area?
There are 330 gas stations on map listings in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area as of September 2026. 281 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 346 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $716.1M a year, or $1,870 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 330 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 383,063 households in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area has 8.6 gas stations per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.2M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area would have about 300, against 330 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,107 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area at 915,835 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 383,063 households. The median household income in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area is $88,074 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area scores 35 for gas stations (lower middle), #292 of 387 scored metro areas.
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