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Grocery and convenience stores in Red Lake County, MN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Red Lake County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10M
On groceries · $5,989 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
51% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
35.9
92% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,940
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $5,989 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Red Lake County spend about $10M a year on groceries. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Red Lake County has 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That is 35.9 per 10,000 households, 92% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Red Lake County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Red Lake County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Red Lake 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Red Lake County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureRed Lake CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households35.917.518.7
Spending per listing$1.7M$3.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,0091,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,989$6,414$6,319
Median household income$77,188$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

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
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Red Lake 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 Red Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,940+0.1% since 2020
Households
1,671
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
432 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$77,188
Average household income
$89,569
Median home value
$162,000
Jobs located here
1,100
Daytime population
2,956Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Red Lake County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, MN9512712.0$5.8M+6.9%#12 of 2,402
2Sherburne County, MN934011.3$6M+6.8%#22 of 2,402
3Scott County, MN917112.9$5.5M+5.1%#35 of 2,402
4Carver County, MN916616.0$4.5M+6.6%#40 of 2,402
5Dakota County, MN9021312.2$5.5M+3.9%#47 of 2,402
6Anoka County, MN8918413.4$5M+4.7%#55 of 2,402
7Isanti County, MN892414.7$4.2M+7.3%#59 of 2,402
8Wright County, MN8810118.7$3.6M+11.1%#70 of 2,402
9Clay County, MN873111.7$5.2M+3.6%#73 of 2,402
10Chisago County, MN853616.9$3.9M+4.3%#103 of 2,402
Red Lake County, MNNot scored635.9$1.7M+0.1%

Other business types in Red Lake County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Red Lake County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 grocery and convenience stores in Red Lake County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Red Lake County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Red Lake County, MN spend on groceries?

About $10M a year, or $5,989 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,671 households in Red Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Red Lake County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Red Lake County has 35.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 92% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.7M, 51% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Red Lake County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Red Lake County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Red Lake County at 3,940 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,671 households. The median household income in Red Lake County is $77,188 a year, 4% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Red Lake County

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