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Grocery and convenience stores in Butler County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Butler County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #519 of 2,402 scored counties
#15 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 223
- 87 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 111
- +22.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $912.2M
- On groceries · $6,213 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.2
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 400,128
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 223 grocery and convenience stores in Butler County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Butler County spend about $912.2M a year on groceries, or $6,213 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 21% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 111 businesses with payroll in Butler County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 22.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,323 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 81 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Butler County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Butler County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #519 of 2,402 scored counties and #15 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Butler 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 | Butler County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.2 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,323 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.0% | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,213 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $81,590 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 91 → 111+22.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,813
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $85.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 81Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22387 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 269The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $2.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 400,128+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 146,822
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 467 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 842
- Median household income
- $81,590+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,751
- Median home value
- $258,500
- Jobs located here
- 160,654
- Daytime population
- 370,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Butler County marked.
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 |
| 15Butler County, OH | 67 | 223 | 15.2 | $4.1M | +2.4% | #519 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores66
- Convenience stores67
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 Butler County, OH?
Butler County has 223 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 87 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 22.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 81 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Butler County, OH spend on groceries?
About $912.2M a year, or $6,213 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 223 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 146,822 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Butler County has 15.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Butler County would have about 269, against 223 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,323 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 400,128 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 146,822 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,590, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Butler County scores 67 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #519 of 2,402 scored counties.
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