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Grocery and convenience stores in Traill County, ND

How Traill 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

Not scored

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

Listings
11
4 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.8M
On groceries · $6,228 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
33.0
76% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,920
−0.8% 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 Traill County comes to about $20.8M a year: $6,228 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per store, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There are 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Traill County as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 36%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.0, 76% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Traill County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 417 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Traill County declined 0.8%, 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 Traill 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 Traill County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureTraill CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households33.022.718.7
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment4171,8091,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.1%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,228$6,077$6,319
Median household income$87,004$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored41

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
114
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Traill 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 Traill County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,920−0.8% since 2020
Households
3,333
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
862 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$87,004
Average household income
$105,987
Median home value
$200,700
Jobs located here
3,206
Daytime population
7,908Residents 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 Traill 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
Traill County, NDNot scored1133.0$1.9M−0.8%

Other business types in Traill County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 grocery and convenience stores in Traill County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $20.8M a year, or $6,228 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,333 households in Traill County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Traill County has 33.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.9M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Traill County would have about 6, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 417 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Traill County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Traill County at 7,920 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,333 households. The median household income in Traill County is $87,004 a year, 8% 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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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Traill County

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