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Grocery and convenience stores in the Glens Falls, NY metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Glens Falls, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #309 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
144
78 chain locations (54%)
Official establishments
38
−13.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$360.9M
On groceries · $6,610 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.4
41% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,373
−1.9% 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

The Glens Falls metro area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #309 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Glens Falls metro area spend about $360.9M a year on groceries, or $6,610 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per store, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The Glens Falls metro area has 144 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 78 are chain locations, or 54%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.4, 41% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 38 businesses with payroll in the Glens Falls metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 13.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,437 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $812K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Glens Falls metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Glens Falls metro area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Glens Falls metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Glens Falls, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureGlens Falls metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.420.418.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,4376121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−13.6%+1.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,610$6,985$6,319
Median household income$75,836$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3339

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
38−13.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,337
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14478 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
107The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$812K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Glens Falls 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 Glens Falls metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,373−1.9% since 2020
Households
54,602
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,698 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$75,836+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,103
Median home value
$232,500
Jobs located here
49,038
Daytime population
117,382Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New York, with the Glens Falls metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY6244117.3$4.2M+3.0%#113 of 387
2Ithaca, NY577417.1$3.9M−1.4%#148 of 387
3Rochester, NY5378017.5$3.8M−0.7%#178 of 387
4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY5276219.9$3.5M+1.9%#186 of 387
5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY4985117.0$3.9M−0.8%#205 of 387
6New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4914,60619.8$3.7M+0.6%#206 of 387
7Kingston, NY4715320.6$3.4M+1.1%#218 of 387
8Binghamton, NY4119919.4$3.3M−1.3%#259 of 387
9Syracuse, NY3857421.2$3.1M−1.3%#279 of 387
10Elmira, NY338123.0$2.7M−3.9%#308 of 387
11Glens Falls, NY3314426.4$2.5M−1.9%#309 of 387

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Glens Falls, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 144 grocery and convenience stores in the Glens Falls metro area. 78 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 13.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Glens Falls, NY metro area spend on groceries?

About $360.9M a year, or $6,610 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 144 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,602 households in the Glens Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Glens Falls, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Glens Falls metro area has 26.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Glens Falls metro area would have about 107, against 144 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,437 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Glens Falls, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Glens Falls metro area at 124,373 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,602 households. The median household income in the Glens Falls metro area is $75,836 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Glens Falls metro area scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #309 of 387 scored metro areas.

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