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Grocery and convenience stores in Queens County, NY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Queens County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,152 of 2,402 scored counties
#32 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
1,601
370 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
1,856
+1.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$5.8B
On groceries · $6,941 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.0
2% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,358,182
−1.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,601 grocery and convenience stores in Queens County. Of those, 370 are chain locations, or 23%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.0, 2% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Queens County spend about $5.8B a year on groceries, or $6,941 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,601 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.6M per store, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 1,856 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Queens County in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 453 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 1,416 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 39 SBA-backed loans worth $33.6M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Queens County.

Population estimates put the population change in Queens County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Queens County is 51 (upper middle), #1,152 of 2,402 scored counties and #32 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Queens 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Queens County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureQueens CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.020.418.7
Spending per listing$3.6M$3.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment4536121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.3%+1.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,941$6,985$6,319
Median household income$86,136$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5139

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,832 → 1,856+1.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
15,660
Annual payroll, 2023
$474.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
1,416Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,601370 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,723The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
39
Amount
$33.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,358,182−1.1% since 2020
Households
841,003
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
45%
Vehicles per household
0.9
Land area
109 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21,371
Median household income
$86,136+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,404
Median home value
$723,800
Jobs located here
728,428
Daytime population
2,069,814Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ontario County, NY817615.7$4.3M+0.6%#163 of 2,402
2Saratoga County, NY8118418.1$4.1M+2.3%#168 of 2,402
3Wayne County, NY707218.7$3.5M+0.1%#443 of 2,402
4Putnam County, NY685214.6$5.3M+1.4%#486 of 2,402
5Rockland County, NY6818117.4$4.3M+5.9%#490 of 2,402
6Orange County, NY6525918.7$3.8M+4.2%#586 of 2,402
7Tioga County, NY653718.2$3.6M−1.9%#588 of 2,402
8Dutchess County, NY6418215.7$4.7M+1.5%#618 of 2,402
9Genesee County, NY644618.5$3.5M+0.2%#633 of 2,402
10Westchester County, NY6361716.5$4.7M+1.4%#649 of 2,402
32Queens County, NY511,60119.0$3.6M−1.1%#1,152 of 2,402

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Queens County, NY?

Queens County has 1,601 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 370 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 1,856 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019. Official counts list 1,416 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Queens County, NY spend on groceries?

About $5.8B a year, or $6,941 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,601 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 841,003 households in Queens County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Queens County has 19.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Queens County would have about 1,723, against 1,601 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 453 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Queens County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Queens County at 2,358,182 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 841,003 households. Median household income in Queens County is $86,136, 7% above 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. Queens County scores 51 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,152 of 2,402 scored counties.

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