Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Ohio
Grocery and convenience stores in the Van Wert, OH area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Van Wert, OH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #95 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 17
- 6 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.9M
- On groceries · $5,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.7
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,013
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 grocery and convenience stores in the Van Wert area. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in the Van Wert area spend about $66.9M a year on groceries, or $5,789 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.9M per store, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Van Wert area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,650 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Van Wert area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Van Wert area has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #95 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Van Wert 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 | Van Wert area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.7 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,650 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,789 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 176 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 the Van Wert 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 Van Wert area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,013+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,549
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $67,917+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,591
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,293
- Daytime population
- 25,207Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Van Wert area marked.
Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mount Vernon, OH | 71 | 47 | 20.0 | $3M | +1.9% | #69 of 538 |
| 2Sidney, OH | 70 | 30 | 15.9 | $3.8M | −0.2% | #74 of 538 |
| 3Wapakoneta, OH | 69 | 37 | 19.5 | $3.1M | −1.2% | #89 of 538 |
| 4Van Wert, OH | 68 | 17 | 14.7 | $3.9M | +0.3% | #95 of 538 |
| 5Urbana, OH | 65 | 21 | 13.4 | $4.4M | +0.2% | #122 of 538 |
| 6Wilmington, OH | 64 | 32 | 19.1 | $3.1M | +0.6% | #130 of 538 |
| 7Defiance, OH | 64 | 30 | 19.6 | $3M | +0.1% | #131 of 538 |
| 8Bucyrus, OH | 63 | 29 | 16.1 | $3.5M | −0.3% | #140 of 538 |
| 9Greenville, OH | 63 | 38 | 17.8 | $3.2M | −0.7% | #144 of 538 |
| 10Chillicothe, OH | 62 | 55 | 18.5 | $3M | −0.8% | #156 of 538 |
Other business types in the Van Wert area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores68
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores60
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 Van Wert, OH area?
The Van Wert area has 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Van Wert, OH area spend on groceries?
About $66.9M a year, or $5,789 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,549 households in the Van Wert area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Van Wert, OH area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Van Wert area has 14.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.9M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Van Wert area would have about 20, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,650 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Van Wert, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Van Wert area at 29,013 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,549 households. Median household income in the Van Wert area is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Van Wert area scores 68 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #95 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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