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Grocery and convenience stores in Buffalo County, NE
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Buffalo County, NE, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #541 of 2,402 scored counties
#10 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 41
- 10 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $119.9M
- On groceries · $5,997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,172
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 grocery and convenience stores in Buffalo County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 24%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 20.5 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Buffalo County comes to about $119.9M a year: $5,997 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.9M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Buffalo County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,855 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Buffalo County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Buffalo County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #541 of 2,402 scored counties and #10 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Buffalo County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Buffalo County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 19.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,855 | 1,662 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,997 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $75,911 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 763
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The 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 Buffalo 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 Buffalo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,172+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,984
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $75,911+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,897
- Median home value
- $246,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,301
- Daytime population
- 53,561Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 96 | 73 | 9.9 | $6.8M | +9.0% | #5 of 2,402 |
| 2Washington County, NE | 83 | 9 | 10.7 | $6.1M | +1.8% | #121 of 2,402 |
| 3Cass County, NE | 83 | 17 | 15.7 | $4.1M | +3.9% | #133 of 2,402 |
| 4Seward County, NE | 82 | 6 | 8.8 | $7M | +2.3% | #142 of 2,402 |
| 5Lancaster County, NE | 80 | 173 | 12.9 | $4.7M | +3.4% | #179 of 2,402 |
| 6Douglas County, NE | 77 | 387 | 16.2 | $3.8M | +3.6% | #247 of 2,402 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 74 | 24 | 17.6 | $3.4M | +3.9% | #331 of 2,402 |
| 8Adams County, NE | 72 | 18 | 13.8 | $4.3M | −0.3% | #384 of 2,402 |
| 9Saunders County, NE | 70 | 17 | 19.1 | $3.4M | +6.0% | #446 of 2,402 |
| 10Buffalo County, NE | 67 | 41 | 20.5 | $2.9M | +1.9% | #541 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Buffalo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores58
- Convenience stores65
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 Buffalo County, NE?
There are 41 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Buffalo County as of September 2026. 10 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Buffalo County, NE spend on groceries?
About $119.9M a year, or $5,997 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,984 households in Buffalo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buffalo County, NE compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Buffalo County has 20.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Buffalo County would have about 35, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,855 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Buffalo County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Buffalo County at 51,172 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,984 households. Median household income in Buffalo County is $75,911, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. Buffalo County scores 67 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #541 of 2,402 scored counties.
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