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Grocery and convenience stores in Saratoga County, NY
The grocery and convenience stores in Saratoga County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #168 of 2,402 scored counties
#2 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 184
- 119 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +15.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $745.4M
- On groceries · $7,314 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.1
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 241,343
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Saratoga County has a Groundwork market score of 81 (high): #168 of 2,402 scored counties and #2 of 61 scored counties in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
At $7,314 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Saratoga County spend about $745.4M a year on groceries. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 184 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Saratoga County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.1, 3% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Saratoga County in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,215 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Saratoga County. Population estimates put the population change in Saratoga County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Saratoga 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 | Saratoga County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.1 | 20.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,215 | 612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.0% | +1.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,314 | $6,985 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $100,787 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 46+15.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,505
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 184119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 220The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Saratoga 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 Saratoga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 241,343+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 101,911
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 810 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 294
- Median household income
- $100,787+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,050
- Median home value
- $348,600
- Jobs located here
- 91,512
- Daytime population
- 214,409Residents 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 |
Other business types in Saratoga County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores81
- Grocery stores81
- Convenience stores78
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 Saratoga County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 184 grocery and convenience stores in Saratoga County. 119 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Saratoga County, NY spend on groceries?
About $745.4M a year, or $7,314 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 184 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 101,911 households in Saratoga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saratoga County, NY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Saratoga County has 18.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Saratoga County would have about 220, against 184 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,215 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Saratoga County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Saratoga County at 241,343 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 101,911 households. The median household income in Saratoga County is $100,787 a year, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.6% 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. Saratoga County scores 81 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #168 of 2,402 scored counties.
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