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Grocery and convenience stores in Guthrie County, IA
The grocery and convenience stores in Guthrie County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,302 of 2,402 scored counties
#44 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 13
- 4 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.1M
- On groceries · $6,107 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.3
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,782
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 grocery and convenience stores in Guthrie County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 31%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 28.3 for every 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Guthrie County comes to about $28.1M a year: $6,107 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.2M per store, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Guthrie County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,533 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $774K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Guthrie County.
Population estimates put the population change in Guthrie County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Guthrie County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,302 of 2,402 scored counties and #44 of 72 scored counties in Iowa.
How Guthrie 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 | Guthrie County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.3 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,533 | 1,810 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,107 | $6,036 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,711 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 109
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 134 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $774K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Guthrie 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 Guthrie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,782+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,600
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $77,711+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,744
- Median home value
- $180,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,087
- Daytime population
- 9,376Residents 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 Guthrie 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 |
| 44Guthrie County, IA | 48 | 13 | 28.3 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #1,302 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Guthrie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores35
- Convenience stores55
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 Guthrie County, IA?
Guthrie County has 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (31%) 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 Guthrie County, IA spend on groceries?
About $28.1M a year, or $6,107 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,600 households in Guthrie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Guthrie County, IA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Guthrie County has 28.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Guthrie County would have about 8, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,533 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Guthrie County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Guthrie County at 10,782 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,600 households. Median household income in Guthrie County is $77,711, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Guthrie County scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,302 of 2,402 scored counties.
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