Groceries and convenience · County · New Jersey
Grocery and convenience stores in Burlington County, NJ
How Burlington County, NJ compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #347 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 300
- 169 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 152
- +9.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On groceries · $7,504 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 481,439
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 300 grocery and convenience stores in Burlington County. 169 of them (56%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 16.9 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Burlington County comes to about $1.3B a year: $7,504 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 31% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Burlington County was 152 in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,166 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 106 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Burlington County.
Population estimates show Burlington County grew 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Burlington County is 73 (upper middle), #347 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Burlington County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Burlington County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.9 | 19.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,166 | 906 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.4% | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,504 | $7,393 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $108,111 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 139 → 152+9.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,541
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $148.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 106Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 300169 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 393The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $5.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Burlington 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 Burlington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 481,439+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 177,222
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 585
- Median household income
- $108,111+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $138,695
- Median home value
- $354,000
- Jobs located here
- 218,405
- Daytime population
- 443,817Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Burlington County marked.
Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sussex County, NJ | 76 | 92 | 15.9 | $4.8M | +2.9% | #260 of 2,402 |
| 2Somerset County, NJ | 75 | 201 | 15.4 | $5.3M | +3.5% | #284 of 2,402 |
| 3Morris County, NJ | 73 | 329 | 17.0 | $4.8M | +3.2% | #344 of 2,402 |
| 4Burlington County, NJ | 73 | 300 | 16.9 | $4.4M | +4.3% | #347 of 2,402 |
| 5Ocean County, NJ | 73 | 426 | 17.5 | $4M | +5.6% | #353 of 2,402 |
| 6Hunterdon County, NJ | 71 | 103 | 20.3 | $4M | +2.3% | #410 of 2,402 |
| 7Warren County, NJ | 71 | 85 | 18.7 | $3.8M | +3.2% | #413 of 2,402 |
| 8Gloucester County, NJ | 69 | 205 | 18.2 | $4.1M | +3.3% | #461 of 2,402 |
| 9Bergen County, NJ | 66 | 664 | 18.7 | $4.2M | +2.4% | #552 of 2,402 |
| 10Mercer County, NJ | 65 | 267 | 18.5 | $4M | +3.3% | #583 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Burlington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores73
- Grocery stores81
- Convenience stores69
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 Burlington County, NJ?
There are 300 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Burlington County as of September 2026. 169 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 152 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. Official counts list 106 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Burlington County, NJ spend on groceries?
About $1.3B a year, or $7,504 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 300 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,222 households in Burlington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Burlington County, NJ compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Burlington County has 16.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.4M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Burlington County would have about 393, against 300 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,166 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Burlington County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Burlington County at 481,439 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,222 households. Median household income in Burlington County is $108,111, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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. Burlington County scores 73 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #347 of 2,402 scored counties.
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