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Grocery and convenience stores in Gallatin County, IL

How Gallatin County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.7M
On groceries · $5,581 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.3
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,616
−6.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 grocery and convenience stores in Gallatin County. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.3, 24% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $5,581 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Gallatin County spend about $11.7M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.9M per store, 15% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Gallatin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Gallatin County declined 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Gallatin 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Gallatin County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureGallatin CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.315.018.7
Spending per listing$3.9M$4.2M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,4421,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,581$6,290$6,319
Median household income$59,219$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored60

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
4,616−6.4% since 2020
Households
2,098
Median age
46.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
323 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$59,219
Average household income
$77,408
Median home value
$82,900
Jobs located here
914
Daytime population
3,754Residents 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 counties in Illinois for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Gallatin County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL944610.1$6.8M+9.9%#14 of 2,402
2Grundy County, IL833316.0$4M+2.9%#135 of 2,402
3Will County, IL8130712.6$5.4M+2.2%#156 of 2,402
4McHenry County, IL8014212.1$5.6M+2.5%#176 of 2,402
5Monroe County, IL792215.9$4.2M−0.3%#204 of 2,402
6Boone County, IL77189.2$6.8M+0.4%#234 of 2,402
7Kane County, IL7626014.1$4.8M+1.8%#261 of 2,402
8Tazewell County, IL757213.3$4.6M−0.9%#287 of 2,402
9DeKalb County, IL755614.2$4.2M+1.5%#292 of 2,402
10Lake County, IL7433913.1$5.3M+0.8%#309 of 2,402
Gallatin County, ILNot scored314.3$3.9M−6.4%

Other business types in Gallatin County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Gallatin County, IL?

There are 3 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Gallatin County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Gallatin County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Gallatin County, IL spend on groceries?

About $11.7M a year, or $5,581 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,098 households in Gallatin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gallatin County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Gallatin County has 14.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Gallatin County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Gallatin County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Gallatin County at 4,616 people in 2025, down 6.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,098 households. Median household income in Gallatin County is $59,219, 27% below 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Gallatin County

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