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Grocery and convenience stores in Otter Tail County, MN
The grocery and convenience stores in Otter Tail County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,416 of 2,402 scored counties
#48 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 81
- 19 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $149.8M
- On groceries · $5,954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.2
- 72% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,041
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 81 grocery and convenience stores in Otter Tail County. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 23%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 32.2, 72% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Otter Tail County spend about $149.8M a year on groceries, or $5,954 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Otter Tail County in 2023. That is one for every 1,797 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Otter Tail County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Otter Tail County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,416 of 2,402 scored counties and #48 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Otter Tail 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 | Otter Tail County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.2 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,797 | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,954 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $72,255 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 343
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,041+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 25,157
- Median age
- 45.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,972 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $72,255+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,523
- Median home value
- $273,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,068
- Daytime population
- 55,886Residents 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 |
| 48Otter Tail County, MN | 45 | 81 | 32.2 | $1.8M | +1.6% | #1,416 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Otter Tail County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores45
- Grocery stores43
- Convenience stores43
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 Otter Tail County, MN?
Otter Tail County has 81 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Otter Tail County, MN spend on groceries?
About $149.8M a year, or $5,954 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,157 households in Otter Tail County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Otter Tail County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Otter Tail County has 32.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Otter Tail County would have about 44, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,797 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Otter Tail County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Otter Tail County at 61,041 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,157 households. Median household income in Otter Tail County is $72,255, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Otter Tail County scores 45 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,416 of 2,402 scored counties.
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