Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Grocery and convenience stores in Gratiot County, MI
How Gratiot 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,197 of 2,402 scored counties
#31 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 26
- 10 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $83.8M
- On groceries · $5,673 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.6
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,190
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 grocery and convenience stores in Gratiot County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.6, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Gratiot County spend about $83.8M a year on groceries, or $5,673 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Gratiot County in 2023. That is one for every 1,642 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gratiot County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Gratiot County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,197 of 2,402 scored counties and #31 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How Gratiot 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 | Gratiot County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.6 | 17.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,642 | 1,613 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,673 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,556 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 72
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Gratiot 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 Gratiot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,190−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,775
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $63,556+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,011
- Median home value
- $147,500
- Jobs located here
- 12,772
- Daytime population
- 39,987Residents 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 |
| 31Gratiot County, MI | 50 | 26 | 17.6 | $3.2M | −1.1% | #1,197 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Gratiot County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores58
- Convenience stores43
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 Gratiot County, MI?
Gratiot County has 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (38%) 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Gratiot County, MI spend on groceries?
About $83.8M a year, or $5,673 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,775 households in Gratiot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gratiot County, MI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Gratiot County has 17.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Gratiot County would have about 25, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,642 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Gratiot County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Gratiot County at 41,190 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,775 households. Median household income in Gratiot County is $63,556, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.8%, 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. Gratiot County scores 50 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,197 of 2,402 scored counties.
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