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Grocery and convenience stores in Campbell County, KY
How Campbell County, KY 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 #258 of 2,402 scored counties
#12 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 45
- 19 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $242.1M
- On groceries · $6,171 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 95,441
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Campbell County comes to about $242.1M a year: $6,171 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 59% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Campbell County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.5, 39% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Campbell County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,706 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Campbell County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Campbell County is 76 (high), #258 of 2,402 scored counties and #12 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Campbell County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Campbell County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 19.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,706 | 1,728 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,171 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,567 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 230.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 842
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4519 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The 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 Campbell 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 Campbell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 95,441+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 39,232
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 151 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 617
- Median household income
- $77,567+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,442
- Median home value
- $252,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,174
- Daytime population
- 78,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 94 | 25 | 10.9 | $6.5M | +4.9% | #15 of 2,402 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 87 | 36 | 15.9 | $4M | +8.2% | #83 of 2,402 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 86 | 44 | 13.9 | $4.4M | +5.0% | #91 of 2,402 |
| 4Spencer County, KY | 85 | 13 | 17.8 | $3.7M | +7.7% | #104 of 2,402 |
| 5Meade County, KY | 84 | 10 | 9.1 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #106 of 2,402 |
| 6Madison County, KY | 84 | 42 | 11.3 | $5.1M | +9.4% | #111 of 2,402 |
| 7Boone County, KY | 84 | 88 | 17.3 | $3.8M | +6.5% | #117 of 2,402 |
| 8Anderson County, KY | 83 | 14 | 14.5 | $4.1M | +5.5% | #134 of 2,402 |
| 9Jessamine County, KY | 83 | 32 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +7.8% | #137 of 2,402 |
| 10Kenton County, KY | 79 | 85 | 12.6 | $4.9M | +3.9% | #196 of 2,402 |
| 12Campbell County, KY | 76 | 45 | 11.5 | $5.4M | +2.5% | #258 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Campbell 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 stores79
- Convenience stores75
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 Campbell County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 grocery and convenience stores in Campbell County. 19 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Campbell County, KY spend on groceries?
About $242.1M a year, or $6,171 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,232 households in Campbell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Campbell County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Campbell County has 11.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.4M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Campbell County would have about 72, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,706 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Campbell County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Campbell County at 95,441 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,232 households. The median household income in Campbell County is $77,567 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. Campbell County scores 76 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #258 of 2,402 scored counties.
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