Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Grocery and convenience stores in Genesee County, MI
How Genesee County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,057 of 2,402 scored counties
#26 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 273
- 80 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 104
- −3.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $954.8M
- On groceries · $5,706 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 401,093
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Genesee County comes to about $954.8M a year: $5,706 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 273 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.5M per store, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Genesee County has 273 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 80 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Genesee County in 2023, down 3.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,609 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 79 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 Genesee County.
Population estimates show Genesee County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Genesee County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,057 of 2,402 scored counties and #26 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How Genesee 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 | Genesee County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 17.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,609 | 1,613 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.7% | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,706 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,281 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 108 → 104−3.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,269
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $61.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 79Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 27380 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 282The 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 Genesee 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 Genesee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 401,093−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 167,334
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 633
- Median household income
- $62,281+28.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,062
- Median home value
- $182,400
- Jobs located here
- 125,696
- Daytime population
- 375,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 26Genesee County, MI | 53 | 273 | 16.3 | $3.5M | −1.1% | #1,057 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Genesee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores51
- Convenience stores56
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 Genesee County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 273 grocery and convenience stores in Genesee County. 80 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 3.7% from 2019. Another 79 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Genesee County, MI spend on groceries?
About $954.8M a year, or $5,706 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 273 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 167,334 households in Genesee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Genesee County, MI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Genesee County has 16.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Genesee County would have about 282, against 273 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,609 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Genesee County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Genesee County at 401,093 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 167,334 households. The median household income in Genesee County is $62,281 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.2% 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. Genesee County scores 53 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,057 of 2,402 scored counties.
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