Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Nevada
Grocery and convenience stores in the Reno, NV metro area
How the Reno, NV 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #57 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada
- Listings
- 335
- 149 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 148
- +7.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.4B
- On groceries · $6,242 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 578,734
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 335 grocery and convenience stores in the Reno metro area. Of those, 149 are chain locations, or 44%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 14.9 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Reno metro area comes to about $1.4B a year: $6,242 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 335 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4.2M per store, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 148 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Reno metro area in 2023, up 7.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 91 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $388K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Reno metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Reno metro area grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Reno metro area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #57 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Reno metro area compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Reno metro area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 15.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,520 | 1,691 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.3% | +15.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,242 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $87,485 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 148+7.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,440
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $149.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 91Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 335149 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 414The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $388K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Reno 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 Reno metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 578,734+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 224,933
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,583 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $87,485
- Average household income
- $118,079
- Median home value
- $502,300
- Jobs located here
- 274,907
- Daytime population
- 561,282Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reno, NV | 70 | 335 | 14.9 | $4.2M | +5.0% | #57 of 387 |
| 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 70 | 1,281 | 14.9 | $4M | +5.8% | #58 of 387 |
| 3Carson City, NV | 34 | 42 | 17.7 | $3.3M | −0.2% | #300 of 387 |
Other business types in the Reno 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 stores70
- Grocery stores79
- Convenience stores59
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Fitness and classes
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Reno, NV metro area?
The Reno metro area has 335 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 149 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 148 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 7.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 91 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Reno, NV metro area spend on groceries?
About $1.4B a year, or $6,242 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 335 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,933 households in the Reno metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Reno, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Reno metro area has 14.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.2M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Reno metro area would have about 414, against 335 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,520 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Reno, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Reno metro area at 578,734 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,933 households. Median household income in the Reno metro area is $87,485, 8% above 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 Reno metro area scores 70 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #57 of 387 scored metro areas.
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