Groceries and convenience · County · North Dakota
Grocery and convenience stores in Stark County, ND
How Stark County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #778 of 2,402 scored counties
#7 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 33
- 15 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $82.5M
- On groceries · $6,092 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.4
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,013
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 grocery and convenience stores in Stark County. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 24.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Stark County spend about $82.5M a year on groceries, or $6,092 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.5M per store, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Stark County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 3,384 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 Stark County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Stark County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #778 of 2,402 scored counties and #7 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota.
How Stark 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 | Stark County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.4 | 22.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,384 | 1,809 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,092 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $84,449 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 169
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3315 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The 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 Stark 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 Stark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,013+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 13,537
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,335 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $84,449+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,478
- Median home value
- $271,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,400
- Daytime population
- 33,106Residents 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 |
Other business types in Stark County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores61
- Grocery stores63
- Convenience stores49
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 Stark County, ND?
There are 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Stark County as of September 2026. 15 of them (45%) 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 Stark County, ND spend on groceries?
About $82.5M a year, or $6,092 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,537 households in Stark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stark County, ND compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Stark County has 24.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Stark County would have about 24, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,384 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Stark County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Stark County at 34,013 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,537 households. Median household income in Stark County is $84,449, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.2%, 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. Stark County scores 61 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #778 of 2,402 scored counties.
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