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Grocery and convenience stores in Warren County, OH

How Warren County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 86 out of 100: High

Ranked #86 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 88 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
110
58 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
52
+15.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$634M
On groceries · $6,888 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
70% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.9
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
257,181
+5.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For grocery and convenience stores, Warren County has a Groundwork market score of 86 (high): #86 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 110 grocery and convenience stores in Warren County. 58 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 11.9 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Warren County comes to about $634M a year: $6,888 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 110 grocery and convenience stores, that is $5.8M per store, 70% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren County was 52 in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,770 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren County. Population estimates show Warren County grew 5.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Warren 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Warren County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.917.118.7
Spending per listing$5.8M$3.5M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,7701,4221,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.6%+4.2%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,888$5,967$6,319
Median household income$110,132$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score8643

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
45 → 52+15.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,901
Annual payroll, 2023
$57.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
45Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11058 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
187The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
257,181+5.7% since 2020
Households
92,052
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
401 sq. mi.
People per square mile
623
Median household income
$110,132+26.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$145,201
Median home value
$349,400
Jobs located here
104,407
Daytime population
237,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Warren County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH959611.7$6.3M+12.5%#10 of 2,402
2Union County, OH933514.4$4.7M+16.5%#25 of 2,402
3Fairfield County, OH918013.3$4.8M+6.5%#39 of 2,402
4Warren County, OH8611011.9$5.8M+5.7%#86 of 2,402
5Clermont County, OH848810.4$6.1M+3.9%#107 of 2,402
6Madison County, OH842616.6$3.8M+7.1%#118 of 2,402
7Miami County, OH836013.4$4.5M+3.4%#127 of 2,402
8Medina County, OH8110614.5$4.5M+1.3%#161 of 2,402
9Greene County, OH807911.6$5.5M+3.7%#177 of 2,402
10Pickaway County, OH803214.6$4.1M+7.4%#182 of 2,402

Other business types in Warren County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Warren County, OH?

There are 110 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Warren County as of September 2026. 58 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Warren County, OH spend on groceries?

About $634M a year, or $6,888 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 110 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 92,052 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Warren County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Warren County has 11.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.8M, 70% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Warren County would have about 187, against 110 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,770 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 257,181 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 92,052 households. Median household income in Warren County is $110,132, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.4%, 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. Warren County scores 86 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #86 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Warren County

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