Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Illinois
Grocery and convenience stores in the Kankakee, IL metro area
How the Kankakee, 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #270 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 80
- 49 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $245.3M
- On groceries · $5,983 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,525
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 80 grocery and convenience stores in the Kankakee metro area. 49 of them (61%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.5, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,983 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Kankakee metro area spend about $245.3M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.1M per store, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in the Kankakee metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,708 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kankakee metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, the Kankakee metro area has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #270 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Kankakee 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.
| Measure | Kankakee metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,708 | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,983 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,281 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24
- Employees, 2023
- 720
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8049 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The 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 the Kankakee 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 Kankakee metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,525−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 40,996
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 158
- Median household income
- $71,281+21.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,302
- Median home value
- $192,600
- Jobs located here
- 41,664
- Daytime population
- 98,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →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 Kankakee metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bloomington, IL | 64 | 103 | 14.7 | $4.2M | +0.1% | #97 of 387 |
| 2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 62 | 5,121 | 14.1 | $4.6M | 0.0% | #111 of 387 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 62 | 1,871 | 16.1 | $3.9M | −0.2% | #117 of 387 |
| 3Springfield, IL | 60 | 130 | 14.4 | $4.2M | −1.2% | #123 of 387 |
| 4Peoria, IL | 58 | 223 | 14.5 | $4.1M | −1.3% | #138 of 387 |
| 5Champaign-Urbana, IL | 56 | 155 | 15.8 | $3.7M | +1.5% | #157 of 387 |
| 6Rockford, IL | 51 | 201 | 14.8 | $3.9M | −0.3% | #192 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 49 | 274 | 16.9 | $3.5M | −0.9% | #207 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 43 | 71 | 18.5 | $3.1M | +1.7% | #245 of 387 |
| 7Kankakee, IL | 39 | 80 | 19.5 | $3.1M | −1.7% | #270 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kankakee metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores39
- Grocery stores26
- Convenience stores49
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 the Kankakee, IL metro area?
There are 80 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Kankakee metro area as of September 2026. 49 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kankakee, IL metro area spend on groceries?
About $245.3M a year, or $5,983 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,996 households in the Kankakee metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kankakee, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Kankakee metro area has 19.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Kankakee metro area would have about 72, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,708 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kankakee, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kankakee metro area at 105,525 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 40,996 households. Median household income in the Kankakee metro area is $71,281, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.0%, 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 Kankakee metro area scores 39 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas.
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