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Grocery and convenience stores in the Bloomington, IL metro area

How the Bloomington, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #97 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois

Listings
103
51 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
40
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$431.4M
On groceries · $6,144 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.7
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
171,419
+0.1% 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

Household spending on groceries in the Bloomington metro area comes to about $431.4M a year: $6,144 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per store, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 103 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Bloomington metro area as of September 2026. 51 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 14.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Bloomington metro area was 40 in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,756 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $373K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Bloomington metro area.

Population estimates show the Bloomington metro area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Bloomington metro area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #97 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.

How the Bloomington metro area compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Bloomington, IL metro area compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureBloomington metro areaIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.715.018.7
Spending per listing$4.2M$4.2M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,7561,4421,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+4.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,144$6,290$6,319
Median household income$79,905$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6460

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,517
Annual payroll, 2023
$33.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10351 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
127The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$373K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Bloomington 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 Bloomington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
171,419+0.1% since 2020
Households
70,220
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,183 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$79,905+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,003
Median home value
$208,400
Jobs located here
88,959
Daytime population
180,672Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Illinois

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bloomington metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Illinois

Metro areas in Illinois ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bloomington, IL6410314.7$4.2M+0.1%#97 of 387
2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN625,12114.1$4.6M0.0%#111 of 387
St. Louis, MO-IL621,87116.1$3.9M−0.2%#117 of 387
3Springfield, IL6013014.4$4.2M−1.2%#123 of 387
4Peoria, IL5822314.5$4.1M−1.3%#138 of 387
5Champaign-Urbana, IL5615515.8$3.7M+1.5%#157 of 387
6Rockford, IL5120114.8$3.9M−0.3%#192 of 387
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL4927416.9$3.5M−0.9%#207 of 387
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL437118.5$3.1M+1.7%#245 of 387
7Kankakee, IL398019.5$3.1M−1.7%#270 of 387

Other business types in the Bloomington metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Bloomington, IL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 103 grocery and convenience stores in the Bloomington metro area. 51 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Bloomington, IL metro area spend on groceries?

About $431.4M a year, or $6,144 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 103 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,220 households in the Bloomington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bloomington, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Bloomington metro area has 14.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.2M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Bloomington metro area would have about 127, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,756 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Bloomington, IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Bloomington metro area at 171,419 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,220 households. The median household income in the Bloomington metro area is $79,905 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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 Bloomington metro area scores 64 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #97 of 387 scored metro areas.

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