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Grocery and convenience stores in Pendleton County, KY
The grocery and convenience stores in Pendleton County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #516 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $30.7M
- On groceries · $5,640 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,800
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 grocery and convenience stores in Pendleton County. None of them are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.0, 41% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,640 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Pendleton County spend about $30.7M a year on groceries. That works out to $5.1M per store, 51% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Pendleton County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pendleton County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Pendleton County is 67 (upper middle), #516 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Pendleton 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 | Pendleton County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 19.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,728 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,640 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $64,669 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,800+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,442
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 277 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $64,669+18.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,625
- Median home value
- $159,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,343
- Daytime population
- 10,610Residents 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 |
| 17Pendleton County, KY | 67 | 6 | 11.0 | $5.1M | +1.1% | #516 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Pendleton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Pendleton County, KY?
There are 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Pendleton County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Pendleton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Pendleton County, KY spend on groceries?
About $30.7M a year, or $5,640 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,442 households in Pendleton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pendleton County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Pendleton County has 11.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.1M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Pendleton County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Pendleton County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Pendleton County at 14,800 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,442 households. Median household income in Pendleton County is $64,669, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.9%, 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. Pendleton County scores 67 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #516 of 2,402 scored counties.
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