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Grocery and convenience stores in Peoria County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Peoria County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,009 of 2,402 scored counties
#41 of 85 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 120
- 47 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 53
- −10.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $455.3M
- On groceries · $5,856 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.4
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,553
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 120 grocery and convenience stores in Peoria County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 15.4 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Peoria County spend about $455.3M a year on groceries, or $5,856 per household, 7% 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 53 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Peoria County in 2023, down 10.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,467 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $36K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Peoria County.
Population estimates put the population change in Peoria County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Peoria County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,009 of 2,402 scored counties and #41 of 85 scored counties in Illinois.
How Peoria 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 | Peoria County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.4 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,467 | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.2% | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,856 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,108 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59 → 53−10.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,610
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12047 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 134The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $36K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Peoria 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 Peoria County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,553−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 77,755
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 619 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 290
- Median household income
- $65,108+16.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,598
- Median home value
- $158,500
- Jobs located here
- 105,914
- Daytime population
- 205,092Residents 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 Peoria 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 |
| 41Peoria County, IL | 54 | 120 | 15.4 | $3.8M | −1.6% | #1,009 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Peoria County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores50
- Convenience stores62
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 Peoria County, IL?
There are 120 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Peoria County as of September 2026. 47 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 53 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 10.2% from 2019. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Peoria County, IL spend on groceries?
About $455.3M a year, or $5,856 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 120 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 77,755 households in Peoria County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Peoria County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Peoria County has 15.4 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, Peoria County would have about 134, against 120 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,467 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Peoria County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Peoria County at 178,553 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 77,755 households. Median household income in Peoria County is $65,108, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.6%, 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. Peoria County scores 54 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,009 of 2,402 scored counties.
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