Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Grocery and convenience stores in Arenac County, MI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Arenac County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,159 of 2,402 scored counties
#70 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 29
- 8 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $36.2M
- On groceries · $5,526 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.3
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,068
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Arenac County is 23 (low), #2,159 of 2,402 scored counties and #70 of 75 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 grocery and convenience stores in Arenac County. 8 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 44.3 per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Arenac County comes to about $36.2M a year: $5,526 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Arenac County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,310 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $990K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Arenac County. Population estimates put the population change in Arenac County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Arenac County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Arenac County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.3 | 17.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,310 | 1,613 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,526 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,811 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 298 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $990K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Arenac 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 Arenac County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,068+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,552
- Median age
- 49.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 363 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $58,811+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,218
- Median home value
- $150,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,742
- Daytime population
- 13,326Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Arenac County marked.
Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston County, MI | 87 | 75 | 9.8 | $6.9M | +1.7% | #72 of 2,402 |
| 2Ottawa County, MI | 83 | 168 | 15.1 | $4.3M | +3.9% | #130 of 2,402 |
| 3Clinton County, MI | 78 | 48 | 15.2 | $4.2M | +1.6% | #220 of 2,402 |
| 4Oakland County, MI | 77 | 663 | 12.5 | $5.3M | +1.2% | #236 of 2,402 |
| 5Monroe County, MI | 77 | 79 | 12.5 | $4.9M | +0.7% | #238 of 2,402 |
| 6Macomb County, MI | 74 | 431 | 12.0 | $5.1M | +0.7% | #310 of 2,402 |
| 7Washtenaw County, MI | 73 | 180 | 12.0 | $5.4M | −0.4% | #341 of 2,402 |
| 8Kent County, MI | 73 | 420 | 16.4 | $3.8M | +2.5% | #357 of 2,402 |
| 9Eaton County, MI | 72 | 67 | 14.7 | $4.1M | +0.4% | #386 of 2,402 |
| 10Barry County, MI | 70 | 43 | 17.6 | $3.5M | +2.2% | #444 of 2,402 |
| 70Arenac County, MI | 23 | 29 | 44.3 | $1.2M | +0.5% | #2,159 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Arenac County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores23
- Grocery stores15
- Convenience stores26
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 Arenac County, MI?
There are 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Arenac County as of September 2026. 8 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Arenac County, MI spend on groceries?
About $36.2M a year, or $5,526 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,552 households in Arenac County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Arenac County, MI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Arenac County has 44.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.2M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Arenac County would have about 11, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,310 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Arenac County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Arenac County at 15,068 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,552 households. Median household income in Arenac County is $58,811, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.1%, 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. Arenac County scores 23 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,159 of 2,402 scored counties.
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