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Grocery and convenience stores in St. Clair County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in St. Clair County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #789 of 2,402 scored counties
#25 of 85 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 163
- 71 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- −13.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $606.4M
- On groceries · $6,013 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 250,708
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 163 grocery and convenience stores in St. Clair County. Of those, 71 are chain locations, or 44%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.2, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in St. Clair County comes to about $606.4M a year: $6,013 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per store, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in St. Clair County classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 13.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,739 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in St. Clair County.
Population estimates show St. Clair County declined 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. St. Clair County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #789 of 2,402 scored counties and #25 of 85 scored counties in Illinois.
How St. Clair 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 | St. Clair County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 15.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,739 | 1,442 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.4% | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,013 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,854 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 67 → 58−13.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,323
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16371 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 179The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in St. Clair 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 St. Clair County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 250,708−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,846
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 658 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 386
- Median household income
- $73,854+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,153
- Median home value
- $180,300
- Jobs located here
- 90,959
- Daytime population
- 229,240Residents 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 St. Clair 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 |
| 25St. Clair County, IL | 60 | 163 | 16.2 | $3.7M | −2.5% | #789 of 2,402 |
Other business types in St. Clair County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores60
- Grocery stores58
- Convenience stores59
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 St. Clair County, IL?
St. Clair County has 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 71 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 13.4% from 2019. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in St. Clair County, IL spend on groceries?
About $606.4M a year, or $6,013 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 100,846 households in St. Clair County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Clair County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
St. Clair 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 $3.7M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, St. Clair County would have about 179, against 163 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,739 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Clair County, IL growing?
Population estimates put St. Clair County at 250,708 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 100,846 households. Median household income in St. Clair County is $73,854, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. St. Clair County scores 60 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #789 of 2,402 scored counties.
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