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Grocery and convenience stores in Westchester County, NY

The grocery and convenience stores in Westchester County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #649 of 2,402 scored counties
#10 of 61 scored counties in New York

Listings
617
182 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
554
+0.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.9B
On groceries · $7,738 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.5
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,015,743
+1.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 617 grocery and convenience stores in Westchester County. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 16.5 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Westchester County comes to about $2.9B a year: $7,738 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Westchester County was 554 in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 673 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 361 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Westchester County.

Population estimates show Westchester County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Westchester County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #649 of 2,402 scored counties and #10 of 61 scored counties in New York.

How Westchester 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 Westchester County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureWestchester CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.520.418.7
Spending per listing$4.7M$3.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment6736121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+0.9%+1.8%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$7,738$6,985$6,319
Median household income$118,976$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6339

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
549 → 554+0.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
11,617
Annual payroll, 2023
$403.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
361Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
617182 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
852The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$3.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,015,743+1.4% since 2020
Households
372,883
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
431 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,320
Median household income
$118,976+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$192,098
Median home value
$663,200
Jobs located here
396,544
Daytime population
959,992Residents 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 counties in New York for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New York, with Westchester 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

Other business types in Westchester County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

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

There are 617 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Westchester County as of September 2026. 182 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 554 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 0.9% from 2019. Another 361 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $2.9B a year, or $7,738 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 617 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 372,883 households in Westchester County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Westchester County has 16.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.7M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Westchester County would have about 852, against 617 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 673 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Westchester County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Westchester County at 1,015,743 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 372,883 households. Median household income in Westchester County is $118,976, 47% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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. Westchester County scores 63 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #649 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Westchester County

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