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Grocery and convenience stores in Guernsey County, OH
How Guernsey County, OH 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,738 of 2,402 scored counties
#76 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 35
- 13 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $89.9M
- On groceries · $5,510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.4
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,379
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 grocery and convenience stores in Guernsey County. 13 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.4 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Guernsey County spend about $89.9M a year on groceries, or $5,510 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.6M per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Guernsey County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,255 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Guernsey County.
Population estimates put the population change in Guernsey County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Guernsey County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,738 of 2,402 scored counties and #76 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Guernsey 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 | Guernsey County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.4 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,255 | 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 | $5,510 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,478 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 236
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3513 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,379−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 16,318
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $58,478+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,252
- Median home value
- $157,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,461
- Daytime population
- 37,216Residents 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 Guernsey 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 |
| 76Guernsey County, OH | 36 | 35 | 21.4 | $2.6M | −0.1% | #1,738 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Guernsey County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores36
- Grocery stores44
- Convenience stores34
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 Guernsey County, OH?
There are 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Guernsey County as of September 2026. 13 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Guernsey County, OH spend on groceries?
About $89.9M a year, or $5,510 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,318 households in Guernsey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Guernsey County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Guernsey County has 21.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Guernsey County would have about 27, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,255 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Guernsey County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Guernsey County at 38,379 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,318 households. Median household income in Guernsey County is $58,478, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Guernsey County scores 36 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,738 of 2,402 scored counties.
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