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Grocery and convenience stores in Bowman County, ND

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.7M
On groceries · $5,942 a household
Spending per listing
$852K
75% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
69.7
3.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,762
−7.1% 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

Household spending on groceries in Bowman County comes to about $7.7M a year: $5,942 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $852K of household spending for each store on map listings, 75% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Bowman County has 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 69.7 for every 10,000 households, 3.7 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Bowman County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bowman County declined 7.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Bowman 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Bowman County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBowman CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households69.722.718.7
Spending per listing$852K$2.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8091,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.1%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−7.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,942$6,077$6,319
Median household income$72,109$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Bowman 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 Bowman County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,762−7.1% since 2020
Households
1,291
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,162 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$72,109
Average household income
$87,925
Median home value
$164,900
Jobs located here
1,325
Daytime population
2,766Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Bowman County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Burleigh County, ND856616.0$4M+4.7%#101 of 2,402
2Morton County, ND841913.6$4.5M+3.8%#114 of 2,402
3Cass County, ND8412815.2$4M+9.1%#115 of 2,402
4Williams County, ND673623.8$2.7M+1.4%#544 of 2,402
5Ward County, ND626021.0$2.9M−2.4%#726 of 2,402
6Grand Forks County, ND626520.8$2.8M+1.9%#732 of 2,402
7Stark County, ND613324.4$2.5M+0.5%#778 of 2,402
8Barnes County, ND57714.3$4.1M−2.7%#890 of 2,402
9McKenzie County, ND551525.0$2.7M+2.8%#989 of 2,402
10Walsh County, ND45920.5$2.9M−3.3%#1,385 of 2,402
Bowman County, NDNot scored969.7$852K−7.1%

Other business types in Bowman County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Groceries and convenience

Funeral services

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Bowman County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery and convenience stores in Bowman County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Bowman County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Bowman County, ND spend on groceries?

About $7.7M a year, or $5,942 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $852K per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,291 households in Bowman County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bowman County has 69.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3.7 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $852K, 75% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bowman County would have about 2, against 9 on map listings.

How fast is Bowman County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Bowman County at 2,762 people in 2025, down 7.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,291 households. The median household income in Bowman County is $72,109 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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