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Grocery and convenience stores in Ogle County, IL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Ogle County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #757 of 2,402 scored counties
#22 of 85 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
37
18 chain locations (49%)
Official establishments
12
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$127.3M
On groceries · $6,114 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.8
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,399
−0.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 37 grocery and convenience stores in Ogle County. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 49%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.8 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $6,114 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Ogle County spend about $127.3M a year on groceries. Spread across 37 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.4M per store, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ogle County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,735 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ogle County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Ogle County is 61 (upper middle), #757 of 2,402 scored counties and #22 of 85 scored counties in Illinois.

How Ogle 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 Ogle County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureOgle CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.815.018.7
Spending per listing$3.4M$4.2M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,7351,4421,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,114$6,290$6,319
Median household income$82,132$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6160

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 12
Employees, 2023
293
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3718 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The 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 Ogle 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 Ogle County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,399−0.7% since 2020
Households
20,821
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
759 sq. mi.
People per square mile
68
Median household income
$82,132+34.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,173
Median home value
$189,200
Jobs located here
15,354
Daytime population
44,010Residents 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 Ogle 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
22Ogle County, IL613717.8$3.4M−0.7%#757 of 2,402

Other business types in Ogle County

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

Questions

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

Ogle County has 37 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $127.3M a year, or $6,114 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,821 households in Ogle County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ogle County has 17.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Ogle County would have about 38, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,735 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Ogle County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Ogle County at 51,399 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,821 households. Median household income in Ogle County is $82,132, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.7%, 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. Ogle County scores 61 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #757 of 2,402 scored counties.

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