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Grocery and convenience stores in Carver County, MN
The grocery and convenience stores in Carver County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 91 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #40 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 66
- 35 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $296.5M
- On groceries · $7,201 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.0
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,379
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Carver County has a Groundwork market score of 91 (very high): #40 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
At $7,201 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Carver County spend about $296.5M a year on groceries. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Carver County has 66 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Carver County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,573 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Carver County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carver 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 | Carver County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.0 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,573 | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,201 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $125,946 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 91 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 1,025
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6635 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The 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 Carver 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 Carver County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,379+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 41,175
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 354 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 311
- Median household income
- $125,946+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $159,987
- Median home value
- $453,600
- Jobs located here
- 38,239
- Daytime population
- 88,928Residents 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 |
Other business types in Carver County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores91
- Grocery stores84
- Convenience stores89
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 Carver County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 grocery and convenience stores in Carver County. 35 of them (53%) 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 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carver County, MN spend on groceries?
About $296.5M a year, or $7,201 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,175 households in Carver County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carver County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Carver County has 16.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.5M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Carver County would have about 88, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,573 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Carver County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Carver County at 114,379 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,175 households. The median household income in Carver County is $125,946 a year, 56% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Carver County scores 91 for grocery and convenience stores (very high), #40 of 2,402 scored counties.
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