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Grocery and convenience stores in Buchanan County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Buchanan County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,594 of 2,402 scored counties
#58 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 77
- 30 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $187.9M
- On groceries · $5,620 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.0
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,540
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 77 grocery and convenience stores in Buchanan County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 23.0 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Buchanan County spend about $187.9M a year on groceries, or $5,620 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 77 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.4M per store, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Buchanan County in 2023. That is one for every 1,672 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $600K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Buchanan County.
Population estimates show Buchanan County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Buchanan County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,594 of 2,402 scored counties and #58 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.
How Buchanan County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Buchanan County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.0 | 17.8 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,672 | 1,995 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,620 | $5,947 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,158 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 949
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7730 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $600K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,540−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 33,439
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $62,158+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,732
- Median home value
- $166,300
- Jobs located here
- 45,678
- Daytime population
- 92,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 92 | 46 | 10.5 | $6.3M | +6.7% | #30 of 2,402 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 92 | 31 | 13.6 | $4.6M | +11.4% | #34 of 2,402 |
| 3Cass County, MO | 91 | 53 | 12.3 | $5.2M | +7.1% | #38 of 2,402 |
| 4St. Charles County, MO | 90 | 231 | 14.3 | $4.7M | +4.9% | #49 of 2,402 |
| 5Christian County, MO | 89 | 43 | 12.2 | $5M | +8.3% | #54 of 2,402 |
| 6Clay County, MO | 88 | 120 | 11.7 | $5.4M | +4.3% | #63 of 2,402 |
| 7Jefferson County, MO | 83 | 127 | 14.4 | $4.3M | +2.7% | #128 of 2,402 |
| 8Warren County, MO | 81 | 24 | 17.3 | $3.6M | +9.2% | #173 of 2,402 |
| 9Boone County, MO | 80 | 117 | 15.3 | $3.9M | +4.2% | #184 of 2,402 |
| 10Johnson County, MO | 78 | 31 | 14.7 | $3.9M | +4.9% | #226 of 2,402 |
| 58Buchanan County, MO | 40 | 77 | 23.0 | $2.4M | −1.1% | #1,594 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Buchanan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores35
- Convenience stores46
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 Buchanan County, MO?
There are 77 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Buchanan County as of September 2026. 30 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Buchanan County, MO spend on groceries?
About $187.9M a year, or $5,620 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,439 households in Buchanan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buchanan County, MO compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Buchanan County has 23.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Buchanan County would have about 56, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,672 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Buchanan County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Buchanan County at 83,540 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,439 households. Median household income in Buchanan County is $62,158, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Buchanan County scores 40 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,594 of 2,402 scored counties.
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