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Grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County, MN
The grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,075 of 2,402 scored counties
#37 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 21
- 8 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.5M
- On groceries · $5,982 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,684
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 20.8 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Lyon County comes to about $60.5M a year: $5,982 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lyon County in 2023. That is one for every 1,444 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Lyon County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Lyon County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,075 of 2,402 scored counties and #37 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Lyon 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 | Lyon County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,444 | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,982 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $75,303 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 522
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 218 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,684+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,108
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $75,303+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,405
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Jobs located here
- 20,576
- Daytime population
- 33,035Residents 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 Lyon 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 |
| 37Lyon County, MN | 53 | 21 | 20.8 | $2.9M | +1.0% | #1,075 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Lyon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores34
- Convenience stores67
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 Lyon County, MN?
Lyon County has 21 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lyon County, MN spend on groceries?
About $60.5M a year, or $5,982 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,108 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Lyon County has 20.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lyon County would have about 18, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,444 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 25,684 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,108 households. Median household income in Lyon County is $75,303, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.4%, 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. Lyon County scores 53 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,075 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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