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Grocery and convenience stores in Barnes County, ND
The grocery and convenience stores in Barnes County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #890 of 2,402 scored counties
#8 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.4M
- On groceries · $5,791 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,573
- −2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 grocery and convenience stores in Barnes County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That is 14.3 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Barnes County comes to about $28.4M a year: $5,791 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.1M per store, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Barnes County in 2023. That is one for every 1,636 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Barnes County declined 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Barnes County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #890 of 2,402 scored counties and #8 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Barnes County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Barnes County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 22.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,636 | 1,809 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,791 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,038 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Barnes 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 Barnes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,573−2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,908
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $68,038+16.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,055
- Median home value
- $173,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,766
- Daytime population
- 10,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Barnes County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burleigh County, ND | 85 | 66 | 16.0 | $4M | +4.7% | #101 of 2,402 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 84 | 19 | 13.6 | $4.5M | +3.8% | #114 of 2,402 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 84 | 128 | 15.2 | $4M | +9.1% | #115 of 2,402 |
| 4Williams County, ND | 67 | 36 | 23.8 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #544 of 2,402 |
| 5Ward County, ND | 62 | 60 | 21.0 | $2.9M | −2.4% | #726 of 2,402 |
| 6Grand Forks County, ND | 62 | 65 | 20.8 | $2.8M | +1.9% | #732 of 2,402 |
| 7Stark County, ND | 61 | 33 | 24.4 | $2.5M | +0.5% | #778 of 2,402 |
| 8Barnes County, ND | 57 | 7 | 14.3 | $4.1M | −2.7% | #890 of 2,402 |
| 9McKenzie County, ND | 55 | 15 | 25.0 | $2.7M | +2.8% | #989 of 2,402 |
| 10Walsh County, ND | 45 | 9 | 20.5 | $2.9M | −3.3% | #1,385 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Barnes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores57
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Barnes County, ND?
Barnes County has 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Barnes County, ND spend on groceries?
About $28.4M a year, or $5,791 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,908 households in Barnes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnes County, ND compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Barnes County has 14.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% 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 national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Barnes County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,636 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Barnes County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Barnes County at 10,573 people in 2025, down 2.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,908 households. Median household income in Barnes County is $68,038, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.6%, 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. Barnes County scores 57 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #890 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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