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Grocery and convenience stores in Medina County, OH
How Medina 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #161 of 2,402 scored counties
#8 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 106
- 60 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −14.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $476.7M
- On groceries · $6,522 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 185,025
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Medina County has a Groundwork market score of 81 (high): #161 of 2,402 scored counties and #8 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 grocery and convenience stores in Medina County. Of those, 60 are chain locations, or 57%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 14.5 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Medina County spend about $476.7M a year on groceries, or $6,522 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 29 businesses with payroll in Medina County classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 14.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,520 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Medina County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Medina County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Medina 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 | Medina County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,520 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.7% | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,522 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $94,968 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 29−14.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,701
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 39Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10660 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 141The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $10K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Medina 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 Medina County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 185,025+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 73,086
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 436
- Median household income
- $94,968+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $119,431
- Median home value
- $287,000
- Jobs located here
- 62,633
- Daytime population
- 155,601Residents 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 Medina 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 |
Other business types in Medina County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores81
- Grocery stores85
- Convenience stores72
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 Medina County, OH?
There are 106 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Medina County as of September 2026. 60 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 14.7% from 2019. Another 39 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Medina County, OH spend on groceries?
About $476.7M a year, or $6,522 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 73,086 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Medina County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Medina County has 14.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.5M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Medina County would have about 141, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,520 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Medina County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Medina County at 185,025 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,086 households. Median household income in Medina County is $94,968, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Medina County scores 81 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #161 of 2,402 scored counties.
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