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Grocery and convenience stores in Ross County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Ross County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #980 of 2,402 scored counties
#40 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 55
- 14 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $167.7M
- On groceries · $5,628 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 76,429
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 55 grocery and convenience stores in Ross County. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 25%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 18.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,628 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Ross County spend about $167.7M a year on groceries. That works out to $3M per store, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ross County in 2023. That is one for every 2,484 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ross County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Ross County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #980 of 2,402 scored counties and #40 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Ross 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 | Ross County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,484 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,628 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,303 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 501
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5514 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 Ross 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 Ross County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 76,429−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 29,808
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 689 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 111
- Median household income
- $61,303+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,649
- Median home value
- $171,500
- Jobs located here
- 28,675
- Daytime population
- 75,954Residents 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 Ross 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 |
| 40Ross County, OH | 55 | 55 | 18.5 | $3M | −0.8% | #980 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Ross County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores55
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores43
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 Ross County, OH?
Ross County has 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ross County, OH spend on groceries?
About $167.7M a year, or $5,628 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 29,808 households in Ross County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ross County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Ross County has 18.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Ross County would have about 50, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,484 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Ross County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ross County at 76,429 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,808 households. Median household income in Ross County is $61,303, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Ross County scores 55 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #980 of 2,402 scored counties.
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