Groceries and convenience · County · Illinois
Grocery and convenience stores in Rock Island County, IL
How Rock Island 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 · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,153 of 2,402 scored counties
#52 of 85 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 100
- 47 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 43
- +34.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $356.9M
- On groceries · $5,782 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 141,869
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 100 grocery and convenience stores in Rock Island County. 47 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 16.2 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Rock Island County comes to about $356.9M a year: $5,782 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per store, 5% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 43 businesses with payroll in Rock Island County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 34.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,436 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $251K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Rock Island County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rock Island County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Rock Island County is 51 (upper middle), #1,153 of 2,402 scored counties and #52 of 85 scored counties in Illinois.
How Rock Island 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 | Rock Island County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,436 | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +34.4% | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,782 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,159 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 43+34.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,081
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10047 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $251K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Rock Island 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 Rock Island County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 141,869−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 61,733
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 334
- Median household income
- $67,159+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,299
- Median home value
- $150,400
- Jobs located here
- 67,505
- Daytime population
- 147,154Residents 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 Rock Island 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 |
| 52Rock Island County, IL | 51 | 100 | 16.2 | $3.6M | −1.7% | #1,153 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Rock Island County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores42
- Convenience stores58
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 Rock Island County, IL?
There are 100 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Rock Island County as of September 2026. 47 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 34.4% from 2019. Official counts list 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rock Island County, IL spend on groceries?
About $356.9M a year, or $5,782 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 100 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,733 households in Rock Island County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rock Island County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Rock Island County has 16.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Rock Island County would have about 105, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,436 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 34.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Rock Island County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Rock Island County at 141,869 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,733 households. Median household income in Rock Island County is $67,159, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Rock Island County scores 51 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,153 of 2,402 scored counties.
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