Groceries and convenience · County · Connecticut
Grocery and convenience stores in the Capitol Planning Region, CT
The grocery and convenience stores in the Capitol Planning Region, CT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #460 of 2,402 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 685
- 273 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 349
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.8B
- On groceries · $7,139 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 994,115
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $7,139 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in the Capitol Planning Region spend about $2.8B a year on groceries. Spread across 685 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4.1M per store, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Capitol Planning Region has 685 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.5 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 349 businesses with payroll in the Capitol Planning Region classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,121 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 268 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Capitol Planning Region.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Capitol Planning Region grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Capitol Planning Region is 69 (upper middle), #460 of 2,402 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How the Capitol Planning Region compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Capitol Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.5 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $4.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,121 | 1,172 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,139 | $7,222 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $93,394 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 349
- Employees, 2023
- 10,377
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $306.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 268Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 685273 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 824The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Capitol Planning Region, 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 Capitol Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 994,115+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 391,113
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,027 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 951
- Median household income
- $93,394
- Average household income
- $125,849
- Median home value
- $323,700
- Jobs located here
- 527,329
- Daytime population
- 1,033,267Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 78 | 82 | 17.1 | $4.2M | +2.2% | #221 of 2,402 |
| 2Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 76 | 107 | 14.4 | $5.1M | +2.3% | #259 of 2,402 |
| 3Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 75 | 70 | 17.8 | $4M | +3.0% | #294 of 2,402 |
| 4Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 72 | 424 | 18.0 | $4.4M | +3.5% | #381 of 2,402 |
| 5Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 71 | 212 | 17.7 | $4M | +4.1% | #409 of 2,402 |
| 6Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 70 | 294 | 16.3 | $4.3M | +3.2% | #433 of 2,402 |
| 7Capitol Planning Region, CT | 69 | 685 | 17.5 | $4.1M | +3.1% | #460 of 2,402 |
| 8Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 69 | 212 | 18.3 | $3.8M | +2.0% | #465 of 2,402 |
| 9South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 64 | 426 | 18.5 | $3.8M | +2.5% | #622 of 2,402 |
Other business types in the Capitol Planning Region
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores69
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores78
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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 the Capitol Planning Region, CT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 685 grocery and convenience stores in the Capitol Planning Region. 273 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 349 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 268 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Capitol Planning Region, CT spend on groceries?
About $2.8B a year, or $7,139 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 685 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 391,113 households in the Capitol Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Capitol Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Capitol Planning Region has 17.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Capitol Planning Region would have about 824, against 685 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,121 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Capitol Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Capitol Planning Region at 994,115 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 391,113 households. The median household income in the Capitol Planning Region is $93,394 a year, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Capitol Planning Region scores 69 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #460 of 2,402 scored counties.
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