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Grocery and convenience stores in Hardin County, OH
How Hardin 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,018 of 2,402 scored counties
#43 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.9M
- On groceries · $5,706 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,072
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,706 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Hardin County spend about $66.9M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.3M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Hardin County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.1 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Hardin County in 2023. That is one for every 1,954 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Hardin County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Hardin County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,018 of 2,402 scored counties and #43 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Hardin 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 | Hardin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,954 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,706 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,484 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,072−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,724
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $62,484+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,547
- Median home value
- $151,200
- Jobs located here
- 7,371
- Daytime population
- 25,565Residents 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 |
| 43Hardin County, OH | 54 | 20 | 17.1 | $3.3M | −2.1% | #1,018 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Hardin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores46
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 Hardin County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 grocery and convenience stores in Hardin County. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hardin County, OH spend on groceries?
About $66.9M a year, or $5,706 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,724 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Hardin County has 17.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,954 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Hardin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 30,072 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,724 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $62,484 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Hardin County scores 54 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,018 of 2,402 scored counties.
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