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Grocery and convenience stores in Wells County, IN
The grocery and convenience stores in Wells County, IN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #385 of 2,402 scored counties
#23 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 4 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $67.5M
- On groceries · $5,845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,883
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 grocery and convenience stores in Wells County. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Wells County spend about $67.5M a year on groceries, or $5,845 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per store, 25% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wells County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $181K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wells County.
Population estimates show Wells County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Wells County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #385 of 2,402 scored counties and #23 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Wells County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Wells County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 14.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,162 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,845 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,957 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 164 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $181K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wells 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 Wells County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,883+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,546
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 368 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $71,957+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,952
- Median home value
- $197,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,127
- Daytime population
- 26,173Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hamilton County, IN | 98 | 119 | 8.7 | $8.2M | +10.9% | #1 of 2,402 |
| 2Hendricks County, IN | 97 | 46 | 6.9 | $9.7M | +10.2% | #4 of 2,402 |
| 3Hancock County, IN | 96 | 38 | 11.4 | $5.8M | +13.5% | #6 of 2,402 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 96 | 39 | 13.6 | $5.1M | +13.5% | #7 of 2,402 |
| 5Johnson County, IN | 94 | 63 | 10.1 | $6.4M | +7.4% | #17 of 2,402 |
| 6Warrick County, IN | 89 | 25 | 9.9 | $6.5M | +4.4% | #51 of 2,402 |
| 7Morgan County, IN | 87 | 40 | 14.1 | $4.4M | +4.4% | #79 of 2,402 |
| 8Clark County, IN | 86 | 75 | 14.6 | $4.1M | +7.5% | #95 of 2,402 |
| 9Putnam County, IN | 85 | 10 | 7.1 | $8.4M | +3.2% | #96 of 2,402 |
| 10Dearborn County, IN | 84 | 24 | 11.8 | $5.2M | +1.7% | #110 of 2,402 |
| 23Wells County, IN | 72 | 16 | 13.9 | $4.2M | +2.6% | #385 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Wells County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores72
- Grocery stores66
- Convenience stores74
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 Wells County, IN?
Wells County has 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Wells County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wells County, IN spend on groceries?
About $67.5M a year, or $5,845 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,546 households in Wells County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wells County, IN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Wells County has 13.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.2M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Wells County would have about 20, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is Wells County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Wells County at 28,883 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,546 households. Median household income in Wells County is $71,957, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.5%, 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. Wells County scores 72 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #385 of 2,402 scored counties.
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