Groceries and convenience · County · Massachusetts
Grocery and convenience stores in Nantucket County, MA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Nantucket County, MA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,535 of 2,402 scored counties
#13 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 22
- 5 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $43.4M
- On groceries · $8,254 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.9
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Nantucket County comes to about $43.4M a year: $8,254 per household, 31% above the U.S. average. Spread across 22 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2M per store, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Nantucket County as of September 2026. 5 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 41.9 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Nantucket County in 2023. That is one for every 584 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Nantucket County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Nantucket County is 42 (lower middle), #1,535 of 2,402 scored counties and #13 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Nantucket County 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 | Nantucket County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.9 | 18.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 584 | 899 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $8,254 | $7,382 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 196
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 225 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Nantucket 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 Nantucket County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 71 | 118 | 19.0 | $3.7M | +10.4% | #415 of 2,402 |
| 2Norfolk County, MA | 70 | 439 | 15.5 | $5.1M | +2.2% | #428 of 2,402 |
| 3Middlesex County, MA | 70 | 1,025 | 16.2 | $4.9M | +2.8% | #429 of 2,402 |
| 4Plymouth County, MA | 70 | 358 | 17.6 | $4.3M | +3.5% | #432 of 2,402 |
| 5Worcester County, MA | 70 | 574 | 17.1 | $4.2M | +3.7% | #435 of 2,402 |
| 6Essex County, MA | 63 | 578 | 18.5 | $4M | +2.3% | #653 of 2,402 |
| 7Bristol County, MA | 62 | 455 | 19.5 | $3.5M | +2.9% | #707 of 2,402 |
| 8Suffolk County, MA | 54 | 653 | 20.0 | $3.6M | +0.1% | #1,012 of 2,402 |
| 9Barnstable County, MA | 53 | 258 | 24.4 | $3M | +2.4% | #1,067 of 2,402 |
| 10Hampden County, MA | 51 | 367 | 19.9 | $3.3M | +0.2% | #1,156 of 2,402 |
| 13Nantucket County, MA | 42 | 22 | 41.9 | $2M | +3.6% | #1,535 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Nantucket County
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 stores41
- Convenience stores66
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 Nantucket County, MA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 grocery and convenience stores in Nantucket County. 5 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Nantucket County, MA spend on groceries?
About $43.4M a year, or $8,254 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,252 households in Nantucket County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nantucket County, MA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Nantucket County has 41.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Nantucket County would have about 13, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 584 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Nantucket County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Nantucket County at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. The median household income in Nantucket County is $139,688 a year, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Nantucket County scores 42 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,535 of 2,402 scored counties.
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