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Grocery and convenience stores in Wright County, MN
The grocery and convenience stores in Wright County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 88 out of 100: High
Ranked #70 of 2,402 scored counties
#8 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 101
- 53 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $364.4M
- On groceries · $6,747 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,559
- +11.1% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Wright County has a Groundwork market score of 88 (high): #70 of 2,402 scored counties and #8 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 101 grocery and convenience stores in Wright County. Of those, 53 are chain locations, or 52%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 18.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Wright County spend about $364.4M a year on groceries, or $6,747 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 101 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.6M per store, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Wright County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 3,376 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wright County grew 11.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Wright 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 | Wright County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 17.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,376 | 2,009 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.1% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,747 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $107,209 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 88 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 1,252
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 108The 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 Wright 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 Wright County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,559+11.1% since 2020
- Households
- 54,010
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 661 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 224
- Median household income
- $107,209+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,718
- Median home value
- $358,900
- Jobs located here
- 46,489
- Daytime population
- 114,013Residents 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 Wright 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 |
Other business types in Wright County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores88
- Grocery stores91
- Convenience stores85
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 Wright County, MN?
There are 101 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Wright County as of September 2026. 53 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Wright County, MN spend on groceries?
About $364.4M a year, or $6,747 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,010 households in Wright County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wright County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Wright County has 18.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Wright County would have about 108, against 101 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,376 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Wright County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Wright County at 157,559 people in 2025, up 11.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,010 households. Median household income in Wright County is $107,209, 33% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. Wright County scores 88 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #70 of 2,402 scored counties.
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