Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Massachusetts
Grocery and convenience stores in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 118
- 46 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 57
- −3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $431.8M
- On groceries · $6,951 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 164,065
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area spend about $431.8M a year on groceries, or $6,951 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 118 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.7M per store, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 118 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 46 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.0 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area was 57 in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,090 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #100 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Amherst Town-Northampton metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 18.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,090 | 899 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.4% | +2.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,951 | $7,382 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $87,001 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 57−3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,239
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $70.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11846 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 127The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area, 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 the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,065+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 62,114
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 527 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 307
- Median household income
- $87,001
- Average household income
- $117,338
- Median home value
- $390,300
- Jobs located here
- 70,980
- Daytime population
- 165,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Worcester, MA | 67 | 574 | 17.1 | $4.2M | +3.7% | #73 of 387 |
| 2Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 64 | 118 | 19.0 | $3.7M | +10.4% | #100 of 387 |
| 3Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 63 | 3,448 | 17.8 | $4.3M | +2.3% | #107 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 55 | 1,270 | 18.8 | $3.7M | +2.1% | #168 of 387 |
| 4Barnstable Town, MA | 42 | 258 | 24.4 | $3M | +2.4% | #251 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, MA | 40 | 367 | 19.9 | $3.3M | +0.2% | #262 of 387 |
| 6Pittsfield, MA | 31 | 218 | 37.9 | $1.8M | −1.2% | #320 of 387 |
Other business types in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores64
- Grocery stores63
- Convenience stores70
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 the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 118 grocery and convenience stores in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area. 46 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area spend on groceries?
About $431.8M a year, or $6,951 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 118 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 62,114 households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 19.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area would have about 127, against 118 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,090 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area at 164,065 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,114 households. The median household income in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area is $87,001 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area scores 64 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #100 of 387 scored metro areas.
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