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Grocery and convenience stores in McLean County, ND
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in McLean County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.1M
- On groceries · $6,187 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 41.1
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,740
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in McLean County spend about $27.1M a year on groceries, or $6,187 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.5M per store, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
McLean County has 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 41.1 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in McLean County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,094 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McLean County declined 0.2%, 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 McLean 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 | McLean County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 41.1 | 22.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,094 | 1,809 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,187 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,583 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 87
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- 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 McLean 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 McLean County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,740−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,377
- Median age
- 48.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 2,110 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $83,583
- Average household income
- $102,353
- Median home value
- $227,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,265
- Daytime population
- 9,132Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| McLean County, ND | Not scored | 18 | 41.1 | $1.5M | −0.2% |
Other business types in McLean County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- 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 McLean County, ND?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in McLean County. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McLean County, ND spend on groceries?
About $27.1M a year, or $6,187 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,377 households in McLean County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McLean County, ND compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
McLean County has 41.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, McLean County would have about 8, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,094 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is McLean County, ND growing?
Population estimates put McLean County at 9,740 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,377 households. The median household income in McLean County is $83,583 a year, 4% above 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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