Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Minnesota
Grocery and convenience stores in the Austin, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Austin, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #141 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 28
- 8 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $93.7M
- On groceries · $5,962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.8
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,971
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,962 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Austin area spend about $93.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 28 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.3M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Austin area has 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.8, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Austin area in 2023. That is one for every 1,048 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Austin area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Austin area is 63 (upper middle), #141 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Austin area 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 | Austin area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.8 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,048 | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,962 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,074 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 435
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 288 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 the Austin area, 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 the Austin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,971+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,719
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $73,074+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,253
- Median home value
- $185,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,578
- Daytime population
- 36,121Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Austin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 85 | 43 | 18.3 | $3.4M | +4.2% | #8 of 538 |
| 2Winona, MN | 80 | 37 | 18.3 | $3.2M | +1.8% | #20 of 538 |
| 3Owatonna, MN | 71 | 30 | 19.8 | $3.1M | +0.2% | #68 of 538 |
| 4Alexandria, MN | 71 | 43 | 24.5 | $2.5M | +2.6% | #71 of 538 |
| 5Hutchinson, MN | 64 | 39 | 25.6 | $2.4M | −0.3% | #137 of 538 |
| 6Austin, MN | 63 | 28 | 17.8 | $3.3M | +2.3% | #141 of 538 |
| 7Detroit Lakes, MN | 63 | 32 | 22.2 | $2.7M | +0.9% | #150 of 538 |
| 8Brainerd, MN | 62 | 109 | 25.8 | $2.3M | +4.3% | #163 of 538 |
| 9Marshall, MN | 61 | 21 | 20.8 | $2.9M | +1.0% | #167 of 538 |
| 10Red Wing, MN | 60 | 49 | 24.8 | $2.5M | +1.3% | #180 of 538 |
Other business types in the Austin area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores39
- Convenience stores80
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 the Austin, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 grocery and convenience stores in the Austin area. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Austin, MN area spend on groceries?
About $93.7M a year, or $5,962 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,719 households in the Austin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Austin, MN area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Austin area has 17.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,048 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Austin, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Austin area at 40,971 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,719 households. The median household income in the Austin area is $73,074 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Austin area scores 63 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #141 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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