Groceries and convenience · County · Illinois
Grocery and convenience stores in Champaign County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Champaign County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #526 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 85 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 131
- 66 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $495M
- On groceries · $5,791 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,972
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 131 grocery and convenience stores in Champaign County. Of those, 66 are chain locations, or 50%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 15.3 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Champaign County comes to about $495M a year: $5,791 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Champaign County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,035 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Champaign County.
Population estimates put the population change in Champaign County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Champaign County is 67 (upper middle), #526 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 85 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Champaign County 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.
| Measure | Champaign County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,035 | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,791 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,683 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42 → 420.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,306
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13166 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 146The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Champaign 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 Champaign County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,972+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 85,472
- Median age
- 35.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 996 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 210
- Median household income
- $63,683+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,413
- Median home value
- $211,500
- Jobs located here
- 92,426
- Daytime population
- 220,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Champaign County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 94 | 46 | 10.1 | $6.8M | +9.9% | #14 of 2,402 |
| 2Grundy County, IL | 83 | 33 | 16.0 | $4M | +2.9% | #135 of 2,402 |
| 3Will County, IL | 81 | 307 | 12.6 | $5.4M | +2.2% | #156 of 2,402 |
| 4McHenry County, IL | 80 | 142 | 12.1 | $5.6M | +2.5% | #176 of 2,402 |
| 5Monroe County, IL | 79 | 22 | 15.9 | $4.2M | −0.3% | #204 of 2,402 |
| 6Boone County, IL | 77 | 18 | 9.2 | $6.8M | +0.4% | #234 of 2,402 |
| 7Kane County, IL | 76 | 260 | 14.1 | $4.8M | +1.8% | #261 of 2,402 |
| 8Tazewell County, IL | 75 | 72 | 13.3 | $4.6M | −0.9% | #287 of 2,402 |
| 9DeKalb County, IL | 75 | 56 | 14.2 | $4.2M | +1.5% | #292 of 2,402 |
| 10Lake County, IL | 74 | 339 | 13.1 | $5.3M | +0.8% | #309 of 2,402 |
| 17Champaign County, IL | 67 | 131 | 15.3 | $3.8M | +1.8% | #526 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Champaign County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores74
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 Champaign County, IL?
There are 131 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Champaign County as of September 2026. 66 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Champaign County, IL spend on groceries?
About $495M a year, or $5,791 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 131 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,472 households in Champaign County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Champaign County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Champaign County has 15.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Champaign County would have about 146, against 131 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,035 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Champaign County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Champaign County at 209,972 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,472 households. Median household income in Champaign County is $63,683, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Champaign County scores 67 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #526 of 2,402 scored counties.
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