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Grocery and convenience stores in New Hampshire

Markets across New Hampshire ranked by the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
1,282
513 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
479
+9.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$4B
On groceries
Listings per 10k households
23.1
24% above the U.S.
Spending per listing
$3.1M
7% below the U.S.
Rank among states
#22 of 51
Market score 52 · Upper middle

A site report maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings around any address in New Hampshire by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,282 grocery and convenience stores in New Hampshire. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 23.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in New Hampshire comes to about $4B a year: $7,252 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per store, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 479 businesses with payroll in New Hampshire classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,160 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 7.2% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $10.9M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in New Hampshire.

Among the 50 states and DC, New Hampshire ranks #22 for grocery and convenience stores, with a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle). Of the 2 scored metro areas in or partly in New Hampshire, the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area scores highest (63). Of the 4 scored small-town markets in or partly in New Hampshire, the Concord area scores highest (76).

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in New Hampshire, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching New Hampshire, ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH633,44817.8$4.3M+2.3%#107 of 387
1Manchester-Nashua, NH6331518.7$4M+2.5%#108 of 387

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching New Hampshire, ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Concord, NH7612821.0$3.4M+2.6%#35 of 538
2Laconia, NH666524.7$2.8M+2.1%#119 of 538
3Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT4828030.5$2.2M+1.5%#305 of 538
4Keene, NH489731.7$2.2M+2.3%#308 of 538

Counties

Counties in New Hampshire, ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Merrimack County, NH6912821.0$3.4M+2.6%#470 of 2,402
2Hillsborough County, NH6831518.7$4M+2.5%#495 of 2,402
3Rockingham County, NH6827921.9$3.5M+3.0%#501 of 2,402
4Strafford County, NH6211622.3$3.2M+3.0%#715 of 2,402
5Belknap County, NH606524.7$2.8M+2.1%#808 of 2,402
6Sullivan County, NH504426.5$2.5M+2.1%#1,211 of 2,402
7Grafton County, NH4611029.6$2.4M+2.2%#1,366 of 2,402
8Carroll County, NH457333.4$2.1M+5.0%#1,409 of 2,402
9Cheshire County, NH449731.7$2.2M+2.3%#1,449 of 2,402
10Coos County, NH305539.3$1.6M+0.4%#1,970 of 2,402

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire has 1,282 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 513 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 479 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 187 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in New Hampshire spend on groceries?

About $4B a year, or $7,252 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,282 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 555,822 households in New Hampshire and national spending patterns by income.

How does New Hampshire compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

New Hampshire has 23.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, New Hampshire would have about 1,190, against 1,282 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,160 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

Which market in New Hampshire has the highest market score for grocery and convenience stores?

Among 2 scored metro areas in or partly in New Hampshire, the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area scores highest, at 63 (upper middle). Among 4 scored small-town markets in or partly in New Hampshire, the Concord area scores highest, at 76 (high). Among 10 scored counties in New Hampshire, Merrimack County scores highest, at 69 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. New Hampshire scores 52 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #22 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in New Hampshire. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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