Groceries and convenience · County · Minnesota
Grocery and convenience stores in Aitkin County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Aitkin County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,641 of 2,402 scored counties
#54 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 18
- 6 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.3M
- On groceries · $5,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.9
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,252
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in Aitkin County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 33%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 24.9 for every 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,575 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Aitkin County spend about $40.3M a year on groceries. Spread across 18 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.2M per store, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Aitkin County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,204 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aitkin County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Aitkin County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,641 of 2,402 scored counties and #54 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Aitkin County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Aitkin County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.9 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,204 | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,575 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,833 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 158
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Aitkin 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 Aitkin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,252+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 7,222
- Median age
- 54.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,821 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $60,833+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,208
- Median home value
- $255,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,487
- Daytime population
- 13,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MN | 95 | 127 | 12.0 | $5.8M | +6.9% | #12 of 2,402 |
| 2Sherburne County, MN | 93 | 40 | 11.3 | $6M | +6.8% | #22 of 2,402 |
| 3Scott County, MN | 91 | 71 | 12.9 | $5.5M | +5.1% | #35 of 2,402 |
| 4Carver County, MN | 91 | 66 | 16.0 | $4.5M | +6.6% | #40 of 2,402 |
| 5Dakota County, MN | 90 | 213 | 12.2 | $5.5M | +3.9% | #47 of 2,402 |
| 6Anoka County, MN | 89 | 184 | 13.4 | $5M | +4.7% | #55 of 2,402 |
| 7Isanti County, MN | 89 | 24 | 14.7 | $4.2M | +7.3% | #59 of 2,402 |
| 8Wright County, MN | 88 | 101 | 18.7 | $3.6M | +11.1% | #70 of 2,402 |
| 9Clay County, MN | 87 | 31 | 11.7 | $5.2M | +3.6% | #73 of 2,402 |
| 10Chisago County, MN | 85 | 36 | 16.9 | $3.9M | +4.3% | #103 of 2,402 |
| 54Aitkin County, MN | 39 | 18 | 24.9 | $2.2M | +3.5% | #1,641 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Aitkin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores39
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores33
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 Aitkin County, MN?
There are 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Aitkin County as of September 2026. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Aitkin County, MN spend on groceries?
About $40.3M a year, or $5,575 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,222 households in Aitkin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aitkin County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Aitkin County has 24.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Aitkin County would have about 12, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,204 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Aitkin County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Aitkin County at 16,252 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,222 households. Median household income in Aitkin County is $60,833, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Aitkin County scores 39 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,641 of 2,402 scored counties.
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