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Grocery and convenience stores in Seneca County, OH
The grocery and convenience stores in Seneca County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,275 of 2,402 scored counties
#53 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 38
- 18 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $127.2M
- On groceries · $5,709 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
- 54,522
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 grocery and convenience stores in Seneca County. 18 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.1 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,709 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Seneca County spend about $127.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.3M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Seneca County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,392 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Seneca County.
Population estimates put the population change in Seneca County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Seneca County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,275 of 2,402 scored counties and #53 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Seneca 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 | Seneca 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 | 1,392 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,709 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,025 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 369
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3818 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Seneca 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 Seneca County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,522−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 22,279
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 551 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $66,025+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,475
- Median home value
- $154,700
- Jobs located here
- 18,247
- Daytime population
- 47,872Residents 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 |
| 53Seneca County, OH | 48 | 38 | 17.1 | $3.3M | −1.0% | #1,275 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Seneca County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores56
- Convenience stores45
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 Seneca County, OH?
There are 38 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Seneca County as of September 2026. 18 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Seneca County, OH spend on groceries?
About $127.2M a year, or $5,709 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,279 households in Seneca County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Seneca County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Seneca 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 1,392 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Seneca County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Seneca County at 54,522 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,279 households. Median household income in Seneca County is $66,025, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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. Seneca County scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,275 of 2,402 scored counties.
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