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Grocery and convenience stores in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area

The grocery and convenience stores in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #312 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
263
118 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
114
+4.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$775M
On groceries · $6,407 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.7
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
285,611
−2.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Utica-Rome metro area is 32 (lower middle), #312 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 263 grocery and convenience stores in the Utica-Rome metro area. 118 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 21.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in the Utica-Rome metro area spend about $775M a year on groceries, or $6,407 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Utica-Rome metro area in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,061 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Utica-Rome metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Utica-Rome metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Utica-Rome 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Utica-Rome, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureUtica-Rome metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.720.418.7
Spending per listing$2.9M$3.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,0616121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.6%+1.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,407$6,985$6,319
Median household income$69,779$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score3239

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
114+4.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,800
Annual payroll, 2023
$69.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
89Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
263118 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
229The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$4.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Utica-Rome 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 Utica-Rome metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
285,611−2.0% since 2020
Households
120,961
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,623 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$69,779+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,098
Median home value
$172,900
Jobs located here
118,874
Daytime population
283,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New York, with the Utica-Rome metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY6244117.3$4.2M+3.0%#113 of 387
2Ithaca, NY577417.1$3.9M−1.4%#148 of 387
3Rochester, NY5378017.5$3.8M−0.7%#178 of 387
4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY5276219.9$3.5M+1.9%#186 of 387
5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY4985117.0$3.9M−0.8%#205 of 387
6New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4914,60619.8$3.7M+0.6%#206 of 387
7Kingston, NY4715320.6$3.4M+1.1%#218 of 387
8Binghamton, NY4119919.4$3.3M−1.3%#259 of 387
9Syracuse, NY3857421.2$3.1M−1.3%#279 of 387
10Elmira, NY338123.0$2.7M−3.9%#308 of 387
12Utica-Rome, NY3226321.7$2.9M−2.0%#312 of 387

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area?

There are 263 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Utica-Rome metro area as of September 2026. 118 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. Another 89 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area spend on groceries?

About $775M a year, or $6,407 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 263 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 120,961 households in the Utica-Rome metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Utica-Rome, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Utica-Rome metro area has 21.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Utica-Rome metro area would have about 229, against 263 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,061 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Utica-Rome, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Utica-Rome metro area at 285,611 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 120,961 households. Median household income in the Utica-Rome metro area is $69,779, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. The Utica-Rome metro area scores 32 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #312 of 387 scored metro areas.

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