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Grocery and convenience stores in Rensselaer County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Rensselaer County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #929 of 2,402 scored counties
#27 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 139
- 78 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- −3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $458.9M
- On groceries · $6,881 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.8
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,510
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 139 grocery and convenience stores in Rensselaer County. 78 of them (56%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 20.8 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Rensselaer County spend about $458.9M a year on groceries, or $6,881 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Rensselaer County in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,150 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 34 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $280K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Rensselaer County.
Population estimates put the population change in Rensselaer County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Rensselaer County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #929 of 2,402 scored counties and #27 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Rensselaer 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 | Rensselaer County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.8 | 20.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,150 | 612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.3% | +1.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,881 | $6,985 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $87,915 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60 → 58−3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,467
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13978 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 135The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $280K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,510−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 66,686
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 653 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 246
- Median household income
- $87,915+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,086
- Median home value
- $258,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,657
- Daytime population
- 135,820Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New York for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New York, with Rensselaer County marked.
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 |
| 27Rensselaer County, NY | 56 | 139 | 20.8 | $3.3M | −0.2% | #929 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Rensselaer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores56
- Grocery stores61
- Convenience stores52
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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 Rensselaer County, NY?
There are 139 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Rensselaer County as of September 2026. 78 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rensselaer County, NY spend on groceries?
About $458.9M a year, or $6,881 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 139 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 66,686 households in Rensselaer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rensselaer County, NY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Rensselaer County has 20.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Rensselaer County would have about 135, against 139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,150 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Rensselaer County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Rensselaer County at 160,510 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 66,686 households. Median household income in Rensselaer County is $87,915, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Rensselaer County scores 56 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #929 of 2,402 scored counties.
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