Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Massachusetts
Grocery and convenience stores in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area
How the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #251 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 258
- 97 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 143
- +3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $764.3M
- On groceries · $7,226 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.4
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 233,539
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Barnstable Town metro area comes to about $764.3M a year: $7,226 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per store, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Barnstable Town metro area has 258 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 97 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.4, 30% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 143 businesses with payroll in the Barnstable Town metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 740 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $9.5M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Barnstable Town metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Barnstable Town metro area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Barnstable Town metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #251 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Barnstable Town 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 | Barnstable Town metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.4 | 18.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 740 | 899 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.6% | +2.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,226 | $7,382 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $95,241 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 143+3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,272
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $150.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 25897 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 226The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $9.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Barnstable Town 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 Barnstable Town metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 233,539+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 105,777
- Median age
- 53.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 588
- Median household income
- $95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,349
- Median home value
- $629,000
- Jobs located here
- 87,424
- Daytime population
- 221,377Residents 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 Barnstable Town 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 Barnstable Town 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 stores42
- Grocery stores40
- Convenience stores51
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 Barnstable Town, MA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 258 grocery and convenience stores in the Barnstable Town metro area. 97 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 143 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 3.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area spend on groceries?
About $764.3M a year, or $7,226 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 258 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in the Barnstable Town metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Barnstable Town metro area has 24.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Barnstable Town metro area would have about 226, against 258 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 740 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Barnstable Town, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Barnstable Town metro area at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. The median household income in the Barnstable Town metro area is $95,241 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.1% 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. The Barnstable Town metro area scores 42 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #251 of 387 scored metro areas.
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