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Grocery and convenience stores in Scotland County, MO

How Scotland County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9M
On groceries · $5,800 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
12.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
4,796
+2.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 grocery and convenience stores in Scotland County. That is 12.9 per 10,000 households.

At $5,800 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Scotland County spend about $9M a year on groceries. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each store on map listings.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Scotland County in 2023. That is one for every 517 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Scotland County grew 2.1%, 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 Scotland 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Scotland County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureScotland CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.917.818.7
Spending per listing$4.5M$3.3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment5171,9951,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,800$5,947$6,319
Median household income$68,913$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$994K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
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 Scotland 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 Scotland County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,796+2.1% since 2020
Households
1,550
Median age
35.2
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
437 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$68,913
Average household income
$82,850
Median home value
$158,800
Jobs located here
1,126
Daytime population
4,131Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO924610.5$6.3M+6.7%#30 of 2,402
2Lincoln County, MO923113.6$4.6M+11.4%#34 of 2,402
3Cass County, MO915312.3$5.2M+7.1%#38 of 2,402
4St. Charles County, MO9023114.3$4.7M+4.9%#49 of 2,402
5Christian County, MO894312.2$5M+8.3%#54 of 2,402
6Clay County, MO8812011.7$5.4M+4.3%#63 of 2,402
7Jefferson County, MO8312714.4$4.3M+2.7%#128 of 2,402
8Warren County, MO812417.3$3.6M+9.2%#173 of 2,402
9Boone County, MO8011715.3$3.9M+4.2%#184 of 2,402
10Johnson County, MO783114.7$3.9M+4.9%#226 of 2,402
Scotland County, MONot scored212.9$4.5M+2.1%

Other business types in Scotland 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 Scotland County, MO?

There are 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Scotland County as of September 2026. 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 Scotland County, MO spend on groceries?

About $9M a year, or $5,800 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,550 households in Scotland County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Scotland County has 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Scotland County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 517 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Scotland County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Scotland County at 4,796 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,550 households. Median household income in Scotland County is $68,913, 15% 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?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Scotland County. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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