Groceries and convenience · County · Michigan
Grocery and convenience stores in Lapeer County, MI
The grocery and convenience stores in Lapeer County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #642 of 2,402 scored counties
#15 of 75 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 69
- 16 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $211.3M
- On groceries · $6,065 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 89,516
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Lapeer County comes to about $211.3M a year: $6,065 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 69 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.1M per store, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 69 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Lapeer County as of September 2026. 16 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 19.8 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Lapeer County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,177 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lapeer County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lapeer County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Lapeer County is 64 (upper middle), #642 of 2,402 scored counties and #15 of 75 scored counties in Michigan.
How Lapeer 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 | Lapeer County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 17.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,177 | 1,613 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,065 | $6,009 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,306 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 570
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6916 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lapeer 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 Lapeer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 89,516+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 34,836
- Median age
- 45.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 648 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 137
- Median household income
- $77,306+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,678
- Median home value
- $239,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,773
- Daytime population
- 71,102Residents 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 |
| 15Lapeer County, MI | 64 | 69 | 19.8 | $3.1M | +1.0% | #642 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Lapeer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores64
- Grocery stores56
- Convenience stores73
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 Lapeer County, MI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 69 grocery and convenience stores in Lapeer County. 16 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lapeer County, MI spend on groceries?
About $211.3M a year, or $6,065 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,836 households in Lapeer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lapeer County, MI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Lapeer County has 19.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lapeer County would have about 62, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,177 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Lapeer County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Lapeer County at 89,516 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,836 households. The median household income in Lapeer County is $77,306 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% 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. Lapeer County scores 64 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #642 of 2,402 scored counties.
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