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Grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County, NE
The grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #247 of 2,402 scored counties
#6 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 387
- 164 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 117
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On groceries · $6,239 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 606,460
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 387 grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 16.2 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Douglas County comes to about $1.5B a year: $6,239 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per store, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 117 businesses with payroll in Douglas County classed as grocery and convenience stores, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,038 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 95 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $425K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County.
Population estimates show Douglas County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County is 77 (high), #247 of 2,402 scored counties and #6 of 26 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Douglas 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 | Douglas County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 19.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,038 | 1,662 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +5.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,239 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,391 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 117 → 1170.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,918
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $175.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 95Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 387164 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 439The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $425K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 606,460+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 238,430
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 327 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,809
- Median household income
- $80,391+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,185
- Median home value
- $266,100
- Jobs located here
- 360,817
- Daytime population
- 660,547Residents 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 Douglas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores77
- Grocery stores65
- Convenience stores84
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 Douglas County, NE?
There are 387 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. 164 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 117 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 95 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Douglas County, NE spend on groceries?
About $1.5B a year, or $6,239 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 387 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 238,430 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, NE compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Douglas County has 16.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Douglas County would have about 439, against 387 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,038 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 606,460 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 238,430 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $80,391, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Douglas County scores 77 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #247 of 2,402 scored counties.
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