Groceries and convenience · County · Minnesota
Grocery and convenience stores in Kanabec County, MN
How Kanabec County, MN compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #840 of 2,402 scored counties
#28 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 14
- 6 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $38.7M
- On groceries · $5,895 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.3
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,628
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 grocery and convenience stores in Kanabec County. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.3 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,895 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Kanabec County spend about $38.7M a year on groceries. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kanabec County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kanabec County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kanabec County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #840 of 2,402 scored counties and #28 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Kanabec 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 | Kanabec County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.3 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,895 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,460 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 146 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Kanabec 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 Kanabec County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,628+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,564
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 85%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $71,460+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,428
- Median home value
- $228,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,304
- Daytime population
- 13,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Kanabec County marked.
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 |
| 28Kanabec County, MN | 59 | 14 | 21.3 | $2.8M | +3.6% | #840 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Kanabec County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores56
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 Kanabec County, MN?
Kanabec County has 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Kanabec County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kanabec County, MN spend on groceries?
About $38.7M a year, or $5,895 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,564 households in Kanabec County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kanabec County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Kanabec County has 21.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.8M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Kanabec County would have about 11, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Kanabec County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Kanabec County at 16,628 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,564 households. Median household income in Kanabec County is $71,460, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Kanabec County scores 59 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #840 of 2,402 scored counties.
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