Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Minnesota
Grocery and convenience stores in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #214 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 235
- 118 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- −2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $713.5M
- On groceries · $5,928 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.5
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,219
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Duluth metro area spend about $713.5M a year on groceries, or $5,928 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per store, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 235 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Duluth metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 19.5 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Duluth metro area was 48 in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,508 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Duluth metro area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Duluth metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #214 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota.
How the Duluth metro 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 | Duluth metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.5 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,508 | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.0% | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,928 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,769 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48−2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,117
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $61.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 211The 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 Duluth metro 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 Duluth metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,219+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 120,365
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,769
- Average household income
- $93,302
- Median home value
- $222,400
- Jobs located here
- 128,505
- Daytime population
- 284,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Duluth metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo, ND-MN | 84 | 159 | 14.4 | $4.2M | +7.7% | #13 of 387 |
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 81 | 2,105 | 14.2 | $4.7M | +2.6% | #17 of 387 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 74 | 151 | 16.3 | $4M | +2.0% | #37 of 387 |
| 3Mankato, MN | 72 | 60 | 14.8 | $4.1M | +1.2% | #49 of 387 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 67 | 242 | 19.8 | $3.2M | +9.5% | #80 of 387 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 53 | 142 | 19.7 | $3M | +0.4% | #183 of 387 |
| 4Duluth, MN-WI | 48 | 235 | 19.5 | $3M | +0.2% | #214 of 387 |
| 5St. Cloud, MN | 42 | 187 | 23.9 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #255 of 387 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 37 | 102 | 23.4 | $2.5M | +0.8% | #290 of 387 |
Other business types in the Duluth metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores51
- Convenience stores28
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 Duluth, MN-WI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 235 grocery and convenience stores in the Duluth metro area. 118 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area spend on groceries?
About $713.5M a year, or $5,928 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 235 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 120,365 households in the Duluth metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Duluth metro area has 19.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Duluth metro area would have about 211, against 235 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,508 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Duluth, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Duluth metro area at 281,219 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,365 households. The median household income in the Duluth metro area is $71,769 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Duluth metro area scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #214 of 387 scored metro areas.
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