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Grocery and convenience stores in Wayne County, OH
How Wayne 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,288 of 2,402 scored counties
#54 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 96
- 34 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- −15.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $263.9M
- On groceries · $5,949 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,758
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 96 grocery and convenience stores in Wayne County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 21.6 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Wayne County comes to about $263.9M a year: $5,949 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per store, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wayne County was 32 in 2023, down 15.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,386 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $729K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wayne County.
Population estimates show Wayne County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Wayne County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,288 of 2,402 scored counties and #54 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 17.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,386 | 1,422 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.8% | +4.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,949 | $5,967 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,574 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 32−15.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 994
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9634 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 78The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $729K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,758−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 44,365
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 210
- Median household income
- $73,574+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,644
- Median home value
- $222,100
- Jobs located here
- 48,576
- Daytime population
- 113,893Residents 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 |
| 54Wayne County, OH | 48 | 96 | 21.6 | $2.7M | −0.1% | #1,288 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Wayne 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 stores39
- Convenience stores69
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 Wayne County, OH?
There are 96 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. 34 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 15.8% from 2019. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Wayne County, OH spend on groceries?
About $263.9M a year, or $5,949 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 96 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,365 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, OH compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Wayne County has 21.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Wayne County would have about 78, against 96 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,386 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Wayne County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 116,758 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,365 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $73,574, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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. 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. Wayne County scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,288 of 2,402 scored counties.
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