Groceries and convenience · County · New Jersey
Grocery and convenience stores in Camden County, NJ
How Camden 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #791 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 390
- 186 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 239
- +3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.4B
- On groceries · $6,970 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.3
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 535,799
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 390 grocery and convenience stores in Camden County. Of those, 186 are chain locations, or 48%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.3 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Camden County comes to about $1.4B a year: $6,970 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 390 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.6M per store, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Camden County was 239 in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 847 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 182 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $998K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Camden County.
Population estimates put the population change in Camden County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Camden County is 60 (upper middle), #791 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Camden 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 | Camden County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.3 | 19.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 847 | 906 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.5% | +0.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,970 | $7,393 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $88,755 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 231 → 239+3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,732
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $148M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 182Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 390186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 417The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $998K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Camden 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 Camden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 535,799+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 202,540
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 221 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,382
- Median household income
- $88,755+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,917
- Median home value
- $287,100
- Jobs located here
- 214,960
- Daytime population
- 483,683Residents 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 Camden 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 |
| 17Camden County, NJ | 60 | 390 | 19.3 | $3.6M | +2.4% | #791 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Camden County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores60
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores64
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 Camden County, NJ?
Camden County has 390 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 186 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 239 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 3.5% from 2019. Another 182 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Camden County, NJ spend on groceries?
About $1.4B a year, or $6,970 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 390 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 202,540 households in Camden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Camden County, NJ compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Camden County has 19.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Camden County would have about 417, against 390 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 847 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Camden County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Camden County at 535,799 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 202,540 households. Median household income in Camden County is $88,755, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Camden County scores 60 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #791 of 2,402 scored counties.
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