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Grocery and convenience stores in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #206 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 14,606
- 4,363 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 12,828
- +0.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.9B
- On groceries · $7,297 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,112,448
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area comes to about $53.9B a year: $7,297 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 14,606 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4,363 are chain locations, or 30%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 19.8 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 12,828 businesses with payroll in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 0.7% from 2019. That is one for every 576 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 9,968 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 264 SBA-backed loans worth $156.9M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area.
Population estimates show the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #206 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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.
| Measure | New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 20.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 576 | 612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.7% | +1.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,297 | $6,985 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $99,155 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12,828+0.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 180,251
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.8B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9,968Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14,6064,363 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15,921The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 264
- Amount
- $156.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,112,448+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,391,787
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 6,127 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,219
- Median household income
- $99,155
- Average household income
- $146,791
- Median home value
- $614,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,481,255
- Daytime population
- 20,008,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 62 | 441 | 17.3 | $4.2M | +3.0% | #113 of 387 |
| 2Ithaca, NY | 57 | 74 | 17.1 | $3.9M | −1.4% | #148 of 387 |
| 3Rochester, NY | 53 | 780 | 17.5 | $3.8M | −0.7% | #178 of 387 |
| 4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 52 | 762 | 19.9 | $3.5M | +1.9% | #186 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 49 | 851 | 17.0 | $3.9M | −0.8% | #205 of 387 |
| 6New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 49 | 14,606 | 19.8 | $3.7M | +0.6% | #206 of 387 |
| 7Kingston, NY | 47 | 153 | 20.6 | $3.4M | +1.1% | #218 of 387 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 41 | 199 | 19.4 | $3.3M | −1.3% | #259 of 387 |
| 9Syracuse, NY | 38 | 574 | 21.2 | $3.1M | −1.3% | #279 of 387 |
| 10Elmira, NY | 33 | 81 | 23.0 | $2.7M | −3.9% | #308 of 387 |
Other business types in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores62
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 the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14,606 grocery and convenience stores in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. 4,363 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12,828 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 0.7% from 2019. Another 9,968 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area spend on groceries?
About $53.9B a year, or $7,297 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14,606 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,391,787 households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 19.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 15,921, against 14,606 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 576 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area at 20,112,448 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,391,787 households. The median household income in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is $99,155 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 49 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #206 of 387 scored metro areas.
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