Groceries and convenience · County · Kansas
Grocery and convenience stores in Sedgwick County, KS
How Sedgwick 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #265 of 2,402 scored counties
#7 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 285
- 148 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 89
- +3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On groceries · $5,903 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 538,433
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,903 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Sedgwick County spend about $1.2B a year on groceries. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Sedgwick County has 285 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 148 are chain locations, or 52%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.8, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sedgwick County was 89 in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,323 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 79 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $90K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sedgwick County.
Population estimates put the population change in Sedgwick County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Sedgwick County is 76 (high), #265 of 2,402 scored counties and #7 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sedgwick 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 | Sedgwick County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,323 | 2,035 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.5% | +5.9% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,903 | $6,053 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,365 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 86 → 89+3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,556
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $111M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 79Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 285148 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 360The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $90K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 538,433+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 206,768
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 530
- Median household income
- $69,365+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,235
- Median home value
- $203,300
- Jobs located here
- 261,004
- Daytime population
- 549,658Residents 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 Sedgwick 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 |
Other business types in Sedgwick County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores76
- Grocery stores72
- Convenience stores78
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 Sedgwick County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 285 grocery and convenience stores in Sedgwick County. 148 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. Official counts list 79 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sedgwick County, KS spend on groceries?
About $1.2B a year, or $5,903 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 285 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 206,768 households in Sedgwick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sedgwick County, KS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Sedgwick County has 13.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.3M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sedgwick County would have about 360, against 285 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,323 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Sedgwick County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Sedgwick County at 538,433 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,768 households. The median household income in Sedgwick County is $69,365 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Sedgwick County scores 76 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #265 of 2,402 scored counties.
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