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Grocery and convenience stores in Ashland County, OH
The grocery and convenience stores in Ashland County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,637 of 2,402 scored counties
#73 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 51
- 15 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $119.1M
- On groceries · $5,749 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,523
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Ashland County comes to about $119.1M a year: $5,749 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per store, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Ashland County has 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 29%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 24.6 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ashland County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 1,381 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $34K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ashland County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ashland County grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Ashland County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,637 of 2,402 scored counties and #73 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Ashland County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Ashland County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,381 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,749 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,860 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 541
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $34K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ashland 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 Ashland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,523+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,720
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 423 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 124
- Median household income
- $69,860+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,890
- Median home value
- $186,800
- Jobs located here
- 18,646
- Daytime population
- 47,965Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Delaware County, OH | 95 | 96 | 11.7 | $6.3M | +12.5% | #10 of 2,402 |
| 2Union County, OH | 93 | 35 | 14.4 | $4.7M | +16.5% | #25 of 2,402 |
| 3Fairfield County, OH | 91 | 80 | 13.3 | $4.8M | +6.5% | #39 of 2,402 |
| 4Warren County, OH | 86 | 110 | 11.9 | $5.8M | +5.7% | #86 of 2,402 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 84 | 88 | 10.4 | $6.1M | +3.9% | #107 of 2,402 |
| 6Madison County, OH | 84 | 26 | 16.6 | $3.8M | +7.1% | #118 of 2,402 |
| 7Miami County, OH | 83 | 60 | 13.4 | $4.5M | +3.4% | #127 of 2,402 |
| 8Medina County, OH | 81 | 106 | 14.5 | $4.5M | +1.3% | #161 of 2,402 |
| 9Greene County, OH | 80 | 79 | 11.6 | $5.5M | +3.7% | #177 of 2,402 |
| 10Pickaway County, OH | 80 | 32 | 14.6 | $4.1M | +7.4% | #182 of 2,402 |
| 73Ashland County, OH | 39 | 51 | 24.6 | $2.3M | +0.1% | #1,637 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Ashland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores39
- Grocery stores46
- Convenience stores47
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 Ashland County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 grocery and convenience stores in Ashland County. 15 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ashland County, OH spend on groceries?
About $119.1M a year, or $5,749 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,720 households in Ashland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ashland County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Ashland County has 24.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Ashland County would have about 35, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,381 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Ashland County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ashland County at 52,523 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,720 households. The median household income in Ashland County is $69,860 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Ashland County scores 39 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,637 of 2,402 scored counties.
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