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Grocery and convenience stores in Kings County, CA
The grocery and convenience stores in Kings County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,950 of 2,402 scored counties
#48 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 121
- 37 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- +22.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $255.8M
- On groceries · $5,807 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.5
- 47% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 154,327
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Kings County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,950 of 2,402 scored counties and #48 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 121 grocery and convenience stores in Kings County. 37 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 27.5 per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Kings County spend about $255.8M a year on groceries, or $5,807 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kings County was 61 in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019. That is one for every 722 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kings County. Population estimates show Kings County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kings County compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and 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 | Kings County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.5 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 722 | 1,214 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.0% | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,807 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,995 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50 → 61+22.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 813
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kings 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 Kings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 154,327+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 44,052
- Median age
- 32.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $70,995+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,359
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 45,618
- Daytime population
- 145,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 85 | 220 | 13.9 | $4.9M | +8.9% | #99 of 2,402 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 80 | 38 | 18.5 | $3.7M | +8.6% | #188 of 2,402 |
| 3El Dorado County, CA | 74 | 107 | 14.0 | $4.8M | +0.6% | #311 of 2,402 |
| 4Riverside County, CA | 73 | 1,248 | 16.1 | $4M | +5.0% | #354 of 2,402 |
| 5Contra Costa County, CA | 71 | 552 | 13.3 | $5.3M | +0.3% | #402 of 2,402 |
| 6Santa Clara County, CA | 70 | 924 | 14.0 | $5.4M | −0.9% | #427 of 2,402 |
| 7Orange County, CA | 66 | 1,680 | 15.5 | $4.4M | −1.1% | #550 of 2,402 |
| 8Solano County, CA | 66 | 255 | 16.2 | $4M | +0.6% | #555 of 2,402 |
| 9Amador County, CA | 66 | 28 | 17.4 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #560 of 2,402 |
| 10San Diego County, CA | 65 | 1,804 | 15.4 | $4.3M | −0.6% | #581 of 2,402 |
| 48Kings County, CA | 30 | 121 | 27.5 | $2.1M | +1.0% | #1,950 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Kings County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores30
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores45
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Kings County, CA?
There are 121 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Kings County as of September 2026. 37 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kings County, CA spend on groceries?
About $255.8M a year, or $5,807 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 121 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,052 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kings County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Kings County has 27.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Kings County would have about 76, against 121 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 722 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Kings County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Kings County at 154,327 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,052 households. Median household income in Kings County is $70,995, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. Kings County scores 30 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,950 of 2,402 scored counties.
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