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Grocery and convenience stores in Los Angeles County, CA

The grocery and convenience stores in Los Angeles County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,105 of 2,402 scored counties
#26 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
6,236
2,587 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
2,750
+4.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$21.7B
On groceries · $6,342 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.3
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,694,934
−3.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 6,236 grocery and convenience stores in Los Angeles County. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 18.3 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $6,342 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Los Angeles County spend about $21.7B a year on groceries. Spread across 6,236 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.5M per store, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 2,750 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Los Angeles County in 2023, up 4.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,242 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 2,361 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 160 SBA-backed loans worth $110.7M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Los Angeles County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Los Angeles County declined 3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Los Angeles County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,105 of 2,402 scored counties and #26 of 55 scored counties in California.

How Los Angeles 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Los Angeles County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureLos Angeles CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.318.118.7
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,2421,2141,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.5%+5.3%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,342$6,548$6,319
Median household income$90,112$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5249

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2,632 → 2,750+4.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
80,362
Annual payroll, 2023
$3B
One-person businesses, 2023
2,361Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6,2362,587 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6,395The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
160
Amount
$110.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,694,934−3.0% since 2020
Households
3,416,449
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
46%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
4,060 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,416
Median household income
$90,112+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,768
Median home value
$834,200
Jobs located here
4,875,632
Daytime population
10,082,231Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in California, with Los Angeles County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Placer County, CA8522013.9$4.9M+8.9%#99 of 2,402
2San Benito County, CA803818.5$3.7M+8.6%#188 of 2,402
3El Dorado County, CA7410714.0$4.8M+0.6%#311 of 2,402
4Riverside County, CA731,24816.1$4M+5.0%#354 of 2,402
5Contra Costa County, CA7155213.3$5.3M+0.3%#402 of 2,402
6Santa Clara County, CA7092414.0$5.4M−0.9%#427 of 2,402
7Orange County, CA661,68015.5$4.4M−1.1%#550 of 2,402
8Solano County, CA6625516.2$4M+0.6%#555 of 2,402
9Amador County, CA662817.4$3.5M+3.2%#560 of 2,402
10San Diego County, CA651,80415.4$4.3M−0.6%#581 of 2,402
26Los Angeles County, CA526,23618.3$3.5M−3.0%#1,105 of 2,402

Other business types in Los Angeles County

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Los Angeles County, CA?

Los Angeles County has 6,236 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2,587 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 2,750 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.5% from 2019. Official counts list 2,361 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Los Angeles County, CA spend on groceries?

About $21.7B a year, or $6,342 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6,236 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,416,449 households in Los Angeles County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Los Angeles County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Los Angeles County has 18.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Los Angeles County would have about 6,395, against 6,236 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,242 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Los Angeles County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Los Angeles County at 9,694,934 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,416,449 households. Median household income in Los Angeles County is $90,112, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Los Angeles County scores 52 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,105 of 2,402 scored counties.

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