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Grocery and convenience stores in Sioux County, IA
The grocery and convenience stores in Sioux County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,616 of 2,402 scored counties
#56 of 72 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 42
- 15 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $79.4M
- On groceries · $6,258 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.1
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,774
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 grocery and convenience stores in Sioux County. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.1, 77% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $6,258 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Sioux County spend about $79.4M a year on groceries. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Sioux County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,058 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Sioux County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Sioux County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,616 of 2,402 scored counties and #56 of 72 scored counties in Iowa.
How Sioux 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 | Sioux County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.1 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,058 | 1,810 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,258 | $6,036 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $86,098 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 393
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Sioux 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 Sioux County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,774+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,690
- Median age
- 34.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 768 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $86,098+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,988
- Median home value
- $250,100
- Jobs located here
- 22,086
- Daytime population
- 39,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 56Sioux County, IA | 40 | 42 | 33.1 | $1.9M | +2.5% | #1,616 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Sioux County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores30
- 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 Sioux County, IA?
There are 42 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Sioux County as of September 2026. 15 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sioux County, IA spend on groceries?
About $79.4M a year, or $6,258 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,690 households in Sioux County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sioux County, IA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Sioux County has 33.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.9M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sioux County would have about 23, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,058 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Sioux County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Sioux County at 36,774 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,690 households. Median household income in Sioux County is $86,098, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Sioux County scores 40 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,616 of 2,402 scored counties.
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