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Grocery and convenience stores in Cowley County, KS
How Cowley County, KS 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #903 of 2,402 scored counties
#18 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 24
- 6 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $74.4M
- On groceries · $5,560 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.9
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,382
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 grocery and convenience stores in Cowley County. 6 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.9 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,560 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Cowley County spend about $74.4M a year on groceries. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Cowley County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 3,347 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Cowley County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Cowley County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #903 of 2,402 scored counties and #18 of 38 scored counties in Kansas.
How Cowley County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Cowley County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.9 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,347 | 2,035 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,560 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,878 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 166
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 246 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Cowley 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 Cowley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,382−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,387
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $57,878+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,245
- Median home value
- $120,900
- Jobs located here
- 13,490
- Daytime population
- 33,626Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Cowley County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 91 | 16 | 11.6 | $5.4M | +5.9% | #36 of 2,402 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 89 | 284 | 11.4 | $6.1M | +4.2% | #52 of 2,402 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 88 | 21 | 8.3 | $7.5M | +3.1% | #61 of 2,402 |
| 4Leavenworth County, KS | 88 | 30 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +3.2% | #62 of 2,402 |
| 5Douglas County, KS | 79 | 59 | 11.7 | $5.1M | +1.8% | #193 of 2,402 |
| 6Jackson County, KS | 76 | 5 | 10.0 | $6M | +1.5% | #257 of 2,402 |
| 7Sedgwick County, KS | 76 | 285 | 13.8 | $4.3M | +2.6% | #265 of 2,402 |
| 8Shawnee County, KS | 74 | 79 | 10.5 | $5.6M | 0.0% | #307 of 2,402 |
| 9Sumner County, KS | 72 | 11 | 12.3 | $4.7M | −0.1% | #379 of 2,402 |
| 10Ellis County, KS | 69 | 17 | 13.9 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #459 of 2,402 |
| 18Cowley County, KS | 57 | 24 | 17.9 | $3.1M | −0.4% | #903 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Cowley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores57
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores48
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 Cowley County, KS?
There are 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Cowley County as of September 2026. 6 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cowley County, KS spend on groceries?
About $74.4M a year, or $5,560 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,387 households in Cowley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cowley County, KS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Cowley County has 17.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Cowley County would have about 22, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,347 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Cowley County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Cowley County at 34,382 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,387 households. Median household income in Cowley County is $57,878, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Cowley County scores 57 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #903 of 2,402 scored counties.
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