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Grocery and convenience stores in Pottawattamie County, IA
How Pottawattamie County, IA 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #380 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 49
- 23 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $223.9M
- On groceries · $5,947 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 92,996
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,947 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Pottawattamie County spend about $223.9M a year on groceries. That works out to $4.6M per store, 35% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Pottawattamie County has 49 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 47%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.0, 30% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Pottawattamie County in 2023. That is one for every 2,509 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $340K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Pottawattamie County.
Population estimates put the population change in Pottawattamie County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Pottawattamie County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #380 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 72 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pottawattamie 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 | Pottawattamie County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $3.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,509 | 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 | $5,947 | $6,036 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,602 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 1,276
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4923 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $340K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Pottawattamie 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 Pottawattamie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 92,996−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 37,642
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 951 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $73,602+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,780
- Median home value
- $195,700
- Jobs located here
- 40,169
- Daytime population
- 86,715Residents 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 Pottawattamie 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 |
Other business types in Pottawattamie 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 stores70
- Convenience stores71
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 Pottawattamie County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 grocery and convenience stores in Pottawattamie County. 23 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pottawattamie County, IA spend on groceries?
About $223.9M a year, or $5,947 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,642 households in Pottawattamie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pottawattamie County, IA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Pottawattamie County has 13.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.6M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Pottawattamie County would have about 66, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,509 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Pottawattamie County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Pottawattamie County at 92,996 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 37,642 households. The median household income in Pottawattamie County is $73,602 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Pottawattamie County scores 72 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #380 of 2,402 scored counties.
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