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Grocery and convenience stores in Renville County, MN

How Renville 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,255 of 2,402 scored counties
#45 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
14
6 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$35.7M
On groceries · $5,891 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.1
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,356
−2.3% 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

Household spending on groceries in Renville County comes to about $35.7M a year: $5,891 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Renville County has 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 43%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.1, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Renville County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,019 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Renville County declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Renville County is 49 (lower middle), #1,255 of 2,402 scored counties and #45 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Renville 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 Renville County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureRenville CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.117.518.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,0192,0091,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,891$6,414$6,319
Median household income$70,625$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score4967

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
57
Annual payroll, 2023
$787K
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 Renville 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 Renville County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,356−2.3% since 2020
Households
6,056
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
983 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$70,625+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,051
Median home value
$163,200
Jobs located here
5,418
Daytime population
12,602Residents 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 Renville 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
45Renville County, MN491423.1$2.5M−2.3%#1,255 of 2,402

Other business types in Renville County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 grocery and convenience stores in Renville County. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $35.7M a year, or $5,891 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 $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,056 households in Renville County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Renville County has 23.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Renville County would have about 11, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,019 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Renville County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Renville County at 14,356 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,056 households. The median household income in Renville County is $70,625 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Renville County scores 49 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,255 of 2,402 scored counties.

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