Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Nebraska
Grocery and convenience stores in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area
How the Omaha, NE-IA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #18 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 578
- 255 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 163
- −1.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On groceries · $6,311 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,009,836
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Omaha metro area is 81 (high), #18 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for grocery and convenience stores.
Households in the Omaha metro area spend about $2.5B a year on groceries, or $6,311 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per store, 26% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Omaha metro area has 578 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 255 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 14.8 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Omaha metro area was 163 in 2023, down 1.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,391 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Omaha metro area. Population estimates show the Omaha metro area grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Omaha metro area 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 | Omaha metro area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 19.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,391 | 1,662 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.8% | +5.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,311 | $6,088 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $84,829 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 163−1.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 11,488
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $251.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 141Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 578255 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 726The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Omaha metro area, 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 the Omaha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,009,836+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 389,812
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 226
- Median household income
- $84,829+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,627
- Median home value
- $268,600
- Jobs located here
- 507,201
- Daytime population
- 999,164Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Nebraska for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Nebraska (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Omaha metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Omaha, NE-IA | 81 | 578 | 14.8 | $4.3M | +4.2% | #18 of 387 |
| 2Lincoln, NE | 77 | 179 | 12.7 | $4.8M | +3.3% | #23 of 387 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 38 | 115 | 20.7 | $2.9M | +1.0% | #281 of 387 |
| 3Grand Island, NE | 28 | 75 | 24.8 | $2.4M | +1.5% | #334 of 387 |
Other business types in the Omaha metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores81
- Grocery stores70
- Convenience stores81
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 the Omaha, NE-IA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 578 grocery and convenience stores in the Omaha metro area. 255 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 163 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 1.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 141 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Omaha, NE-IA metro area spend on groceries?
About $2.5B a year, or $6,311 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 578 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 389,812 households in the Omaha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Omaha, NE-IA metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Omaha metro area has 14.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.3M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Omaha metro area would have about 726, against 578 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,391 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Omaha, NE-IA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Omaha metro area at 1,009,836 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 389,812 households. The median household income in the Omaha metro area is $84,829 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. The Omaha metro area scores 81 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #18 of 387 scored metro areas.
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