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Grocery and convenience stores in Warren County, MO

The grocery and convenience stores in Warren County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 81 out of 100: High

Ranked #173 of 2,402 scored counties
#8 of 85 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
24
8 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$85.5M
On groceries · $6,177 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,016
+9.2% 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

Warren County scores 81 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #173 of 2,402 scored counties and #8 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

Households in Warren County spend about $85.5M a year on groceries, or $6,177 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per store, 5% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Warren County has 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 33%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 17.3 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren County in 2023. That is one for every 2,308 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1M has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren County. Population estimates put the population change in Warren County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Warren 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 Warren County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.317.818.7
Spending per listing$3.6M$3.3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,3081,9951,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.7%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,177$5,947$6,319
Median household income$81,209$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score8151

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
153
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
248 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
39,016+9.2% since 2020
Households
13,845
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
429 sq. mi.
People per square mile
87
Median household income
$81,209+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,746
Median home value
$260,400
Jobs located here
7,763
Daytime population
26,353Residents 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 Warren 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

Other business types in Warren County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Warren County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 grocery and convenience stores in Warren County. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Warren County, MO spend on groceries?

About $85.5M a year, or $6,177 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,845 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Warren County has 17.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Warren County would have about 25, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,308 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 39,016 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,845 households. The median household income in Warren County is $81,209 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. Warren County scores 81 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #173 of 2,402 scored counties.

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

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