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Grocery and convenience stores in Warren County, NJ

How Warren 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #413 of 2,402 scored counties
#7 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
85
39 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
34
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$325.9M
On groceries · $7,180 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
112,953
+3.2% since 2020

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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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 85 grocery and convenience stores in Warren County. 39 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 18.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Warren County comes to about $325.9M a year: $7,180 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per store, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,335 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Warren County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Warren County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #413 of 2,402 scored counties and #7 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Warren 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Warren County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.719.218.7
Spending per listing$3.8M$3.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,3359061,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+0.2%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$7,180$7,393$6,319
Median household income$100,869$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score7160

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
34 → 340.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,144
Annual payroll, 2023
$36.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
25Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8539 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
112,953+3.2% since 2020
Households
45,391
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
357 sq. mi.
People per square mile
311
Median household income
$100,869+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,920
Median home value
$346,500
Jobs located here
30,808
Daytime population
86,522Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across New Jersey

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The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Warren County marked.

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sussex County, NJ769215.9$4.8M+2.9%#260 of 2,402
2Somerset County, NJ7520115.4$5.3M+3.5%#284 of 2,402
3Morris County, NJ7332917.0$4.8M+3.2%#344 of 2,402
4Burlington County, NJ7330016.9$4.4M+4.3%#347 of 2,402
5Ocean County, NJ7342617.5$4M+5.6%#353 of 2,402
6Hunterdon County, NJ7110320.3$4M+2.3%#410 of 2,402
7Warren County, NJ718518.7$3.8M+3.2%#413 of 2,402
8Gloucester County, NJ6920518.2$4.1M+3.3%#461 of 2,402
9Bergen County, NJ6666418.7$4.2M+2.4%#552 of 2,402
10Mercer County, NJ6526718.5$4M+3.3%#583 of 2,402

Other business types in Warren County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Warren County, NJ?

There are 85 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Warren County as of September 2026. 39 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Warren County, NJ spend on groceries?

About $325.9M a year, or $7,180 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,391 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Warren County, NJ compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Warren County has 18.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Warren County would have about 96, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,335 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 112,953 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,391 households. Median household income in Warren County is $100,869, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Warren County scores 71 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #413 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Warren County

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