Groceries and convenience · County · Iowa
Grocery and convenience stores in Cedar County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Cedar County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,224 of 2,402 scored counties
#40 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 23
- 8 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.4M
- On groceries · $6,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.2
- 61% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,359
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 grocery and convenience stores in Cedar County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 30.2 for every 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Cedar County comes to about $46.4M a year: $6,089 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2M per store, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Cedar County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,541 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Cedar County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Cedar County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,224 of 2,402 scored counties and #40 of 72 scored counties in Iowa.
How Cedar County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Cedar County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.2 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,541 | 1,810 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,089 | $6,036 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,602 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 238 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Cedar 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 Cedar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,359−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,622
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 580 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $80,602+18.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,864
- Median home value
- $211,300
- Jobs located here
- 5,217
- Daytime population
- 14,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Cedar County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 95 | 54 | 12.7 | $5.3M | +17.8% | #13 of 2,402 |
| 2Warren County, IA | 93 | 29 | 14.0 | $4.6M | +9.0% | #26 of 2,402 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 82 | 91 | 14.4 | $4.3M | +4.6% | #147 of 2,402 |
| 4Boone County, IA | 78 | 15 | 13.7 | $4.5M | +0.4% | #219 of 2,402 |
| 5Story County, IA | 77 | 53 | 13.6 | $4.4M | +2.7% | #240 of 2,402 |
| 6Polk County, IA | 77 | 354 | 17.2 | $3.6M | +4.8% | #252 of 2,402 |
| 7Linn County, IA | 76 | 144 | 15.1 | $4.1M | +0.7% | #266 of 2,402 |
| 8Bremer County, IA | 73 | 17 | 17.5 | $3.5M | +1.1% | #363 of 2,402 |
| 9Pottawattamie County, IA | 72 | 49 | 13.0 | $4.6M | −0.7% | #380 of 2,402 |
| 10Madison County, IA | 72 | 14 | 20.9 | $3M | +3.8% | #397 of 2,402 |
| 40Cedar County, IA | 50 | 23 | 30.2 | $2M | −0.7% | #1,224 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Cedar County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores33
- Convenience stores42
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 Cedar County, IA?
There are 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Cedar County as of September 2026. 8 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Cedar County, IA spend on groceries?
About $46.4M a year, or $6,089 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,622 households in Cedar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cedar County, IA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Cedar County has 30.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Cedar County would have about 14, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,541 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Cedar County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Cedar County at 18,359 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,622 households. Median household income in Cedar County is $80,602, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.9%, 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. Cedar County scores 50 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,224 of 2,402 scored counties.
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