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Grocery and convenience stores in Herkimer County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Herkimer County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #716 of 2,402 scored counties
#14 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 52
- 28 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $162.7M
- On groceries · $6,320 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.2
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,219
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 grocery and convenience stores in Herkimer County. Chain locations make up 54% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.2, 8% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Herkimer County comes to about $162.7M a year: $6,320 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 52 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.1M per store, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Herkimer County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,980 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Herkimer County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Herkimer County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #716 of 2,402 scored counties and #14 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Herkimer County 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.
| Measure | Herkimer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.2 | 20.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,980 | 612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,320 | $6,985 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,515 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 381
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5228 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The 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 Herkimer 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 Herkimer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,219−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 25,741
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $68,515+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,546
- Median home value
- $147,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,576
- Daytime population
- 47,951Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ontario County, NY | 81 | 76 | 15.7 | $4.3M | +0.6% | #163 of 2,402 |
| 2Saratoga County, NY | 81 | 184 | 18.1 | $4.1M | +2.3% | #168 of 2,402 |
| 3Wayne County, NY | 70 | 72 | 18.7 | $3.5M | +0.1% | #443 of 2,402 |
| 4Putnam County, NY | 68 | 52 | 14.6 | $5.3M | +1.4% | #486 of 2,402 |
| 5Rockland County, NY | 68 | 181 | 17.4 | $4.3M | +5.9% | #490 of 2,402 |
| 6Orange County, NY | 65 | 259 | 18.7 | $3.8M | +4.2% | #586 of 2,402 |
| 7Tioga County, NY | 65 | 37 | 18.2 | $3.6M | −1.9% | #588 of 2,402 |
| 8Dutchess County, NY | 64 | 182 | 15.7 | $4.7M | +1.5% | #618 of 2,402 |
| 9Genesee County, NY | 64 | 46 | 18.5 | $3.5M | +0.2% | #633 of 2,402 |
| 10Westchester County, NY | 63 | 617 | 16.5 | $4.7M | +1.4% | #649 of 2,402 |
| 14Herkimer County, NY | 62 | 52 | 20.2 | $3.1M | −1.4% | #716 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Herkimer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores52
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 Herkimer County, NY?
There are 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Herkimer County as of September 2026. 28 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Herkimer County, NY spend on groceries?
About $162.7M a year, or $6,320 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,741 households in Herkimer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Herkimer County, NY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Herkimer County has 20.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Herkimer County would have about 48, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,980 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Herkimer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Herkimer County at 59,219 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,741 households. Median household income in Herkimer County is $68,515, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Herkimer County scores 62 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #716 of 2,402 scored counties.
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