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Grocery and convenience stores in Noble County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Noble County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,139 of 2,402 scored counties
#87 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 18
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.8M
- On groceries · $5,578 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 39.0
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,276
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Noble County is 24 (low), #2,139 of 2,402 scored counties and #87 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 grocery and convenience stores in Noble County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 39.0, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,578 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Noble County spend about $25.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 18 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.4M per store, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Noble County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,155 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Noble County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Noble 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 | Noble County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 39.0 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,155 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,578 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,098 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 64
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 181 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Noble 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 Noble County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,276+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,619
- Median age
- 51.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 398 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $56,098+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,976
- Median home value
- $163,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,739
- Daytime population
- 11,975Residents 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 |
| 87Noble County, OH | 24 | 18 | 39.0 | $1.4M | +1.3% | #2,139 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Noble County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores24
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores24
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 Noble County, OH?
There are 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Noble County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Noble County, OH spend on groceries?
About $25.8M a year, or $5,578 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,619 households in Noble County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Noble County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Noble County has 39.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Noble County would have about 8, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,155 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Noble County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Noble County at 14,276 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,619 households. Median household income in Noble County is $56,098, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. Noble County scores 24 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,139 of 2,402 scored counties.
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