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Grocery and convenience stores in Beltrami County, MN

The grocery and convenience stores in Beltrami County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,180 of 2,402 scored counties
#44 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
45
10 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$106.7M
On groceries · $5,873 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
47,055
+1.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 45 grocery and convenience stores in Beltrami County. 10 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Beltrami County comes to about $106.7M a year: $5,873 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 45 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.4M per store, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Beltrami County in 2023. That is one for every 1,817 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Beltrami County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Beltrami County has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #1,180 of 2,402 scored counties and #44 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Beltrami 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Beltrami County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureBeltrami CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.817.518.7
Spending per listing$2.4M$3.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,8172,0091,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.8%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,873$6,414$6,319
Median household income$68,975$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score5167

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 10
Employees, 2023
405
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4510 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The 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 Beltrami 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 Beltrami County

Population, 2025 estimate
47,055+1.8% since 2020
Households
18,172
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,505 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$68,975+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,694
Median home value
$237,500
Jobs located here
21,323
Daytime population
47,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Beltrami County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, MN9512712.0$5.8M+6.9%#12 of 2,402
2Sherburne County, MN934011.3$6M+6.8%#22 of 2,402
3Scott County, MN917112.9$5.5M+5.1%#35 of 2,402
4Carver County, MN916616.0$4.5M+6.6%#40 of 2,402
5Dakota County, MN9021312.2$5.5M+3.9%#47 of 2,402
6Anoka County, MN8918413.4$5M+4.7%#55 of 2,402
7Isanti County, MN892414.7$4.2M+7.3%#59 of 2,402
8Wright County, MN8810118.7$3.6M+11.1%#70 of 2,402
9Clay County, MN873111.7$5.2M+3.6%#73 of 2,402
10Chisago County, MN853616.9$3.9M+4.3%#103 of 2,402
44Beltrami County, MN514524.8$2.4M+1.8%#1,180 of 2,402

Other business types in Beltrami County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Beltrami County, MN?

Beltrami County has 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Beltrami County, MN spend on groceries?

About $106.7M a year, or $5,873 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,172 households in Beltrami County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Beltrami County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Beltrami County has 24.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Beltrami County would have about 32, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,817 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Beltrami County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Beltrami County at 47,055 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,172 households. Median household income in Beltrami County is $68,975, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.3%, 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. Beltrami County scores 51 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,180 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Beltrami County

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