Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Ohio
Grocery and convenience stores in the Toledo, OH metro area
How the Toledo, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #325 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 482
- 189 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 189
- +6.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On groceries · $5,808 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 599,376
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Toledo metro area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #325 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Toledo metro area spend about $1.5B a year on groceries, or $5,808 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Toledo metro area has 482 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 189 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 18.9 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Toledo metro area was 189 in 2023, up 6.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Toledo metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Toledo metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Toledo metro area 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 | Toledo metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.9 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,346 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.8% | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,808 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,486 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 189+6.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,177
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $118.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 101Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 482189 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 436The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $3.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Toledo metro area, 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 the Toledo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 599,376−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 254,486
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,362 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 442
- Median household income
- $65,486
- Average household income
- $90,812
- Median home value
- $176,300
- Jobs located here
- 293,806
- Daytime population
- 629,657Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Toledo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 67 | 1,323 | 14.6 | $4.3M | +2.7% | #72 of 387 |
| 2Columbus, OH | 67 | 1,343 | 15.5 | $4M | +4.7% | #74 of 387 |
| 3Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 63 | 452 | 13.1 | $4.5M | +1.5% | #106 of 387 |
| 4Akron, OH | 51 | 482 | 16.3 | $3.7M | 0.0% | #193 of 387 |
| 5Canton-Massillon, OH | 44 | 272 | 16.3 | $3.6M | −0.2% | #237 of 387 |
| 6Springfield, OH | 38 | 86 | 15.4 | $3.7M | −0.4% | #277 of 387 |
| 7Cleveland, OH | 37 | 1,616 | 17.4 | $3.4M | −0.8% | #285 of 387 |
| 8Sandusky, OH | 35 | 111 | 21.8 | $2.7M | −2.6% | #296 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 34 | 272 | 17.9 | $3.1M | −2.6% | #302 of 387 |
| 9Toledo, OH | 29 | 482 | 18.9 | $3.1M | −1.0% | #325 of 387 |
Other business types in the Toledo metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores29
- Grocery stores45
- Convenience stores22
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 the Toledo, OH metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 482 grocery and convenience stores in the Toledo metro area. 189 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 189 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 6.8% from 2019. Another 101 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Toledo, OH metro area spend on groceries?
About $1.5B a year, or $5,808 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 482 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 254,486 households in the Toledo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Toledo, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Toledo metro area has 18.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Toledo metro area would have about 436, against 482 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Toledo, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Toledo metro area at 599,376 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 254,486 households. The median household income in the Toledo metro area is $65,486 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Toledo metro area scores 29 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #325 of 387 scored metro areas.
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