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Grocery and convenience stores in Burleigh County, ND

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Burleigh County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 85 out of 100: High

Ranked #101 of 2,402 scored counties
#1 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
66
32 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$261.4M
On groceries · $6,335 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
103,251
+4.7% 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 Burleigh County is 85 (high), #101 of 2,402 scored counties and #1 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

Household spending on groceries in Burleigh County comes to about $261.4M a year: $6,335 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 66 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4M per store, 17% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Burleigh County has 66 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 32 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.0, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Burleigh County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,948 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $240K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Burleigh County. Population estimates show Burleigh County grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Burleigh 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 Burleigh County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBurleigh CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.022.718.7
Spending per listing$4M$2.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,9481,8091,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.1%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,335$6,077$6,319
Median household income$86,851$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score8541

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 14
Employees, 2023
620
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
21Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6632 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$240K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
103,251+4.7% since 2020
Households
41,269
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,633 sq. mi.
People per square mile
62
Median household income
$86,851+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,470
Median home value
$324,000
Jobs located here
59,122
Daytime population
107,970Residents 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 Burleigh 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

Other business types in Burleigh County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 grocery and convenience stores in Burleigh County. 32 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $261.4M a year, or $6,335 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,269 households in Burleigh County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Burleigh County has 16.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Burleigh County would have about 77, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,948 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Burleigh County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Burleigh County at 103,251 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,269 households. The median household income in Burleigh County is $86,851 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Burleigh County scores 85 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #101 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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