Groceries and convenience · County · Oklahoma
Grocery and convenience stores in Cleveland County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Cleveland County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #124 of 2,402 scored counties
#5 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 145
- 78 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- −17.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $706.9M
- On groceries · $6,052 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 303,973
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Cleveland County is 83 (high), #124 of 2,402 scored counties and #5 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Households in Cleveland County spend about $706.9M a year on groceries, or $6,052 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.9M per store, 44% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Cleveland County has 145 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 78 are chain locations, or 54%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.4, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 33 businesses with payroll in Cleveland County classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 3,539 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $198K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Cleveland County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cleveland County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cleveland County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Cleveland County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 20.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $2.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,539 | 2,288 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.5% | +4.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,052 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,068 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 33−17.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,995
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14578 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 209The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $198K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 303,973+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 116,799
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 539 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 557
- Median household income
- $77,068+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,350
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 94,350
- Daytime population
- 271,685Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 94 | 34 | 10.8 | $5.7M | +14.6% | #18 of 2,402 |
| 2Canadian County, OK | 93 | 85 | 14.6 | $4.3M | +20.4% | #28 of 2,402 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 91 | 27 | 15.1 | $4.1M | +11.5% | #46 of 2,402 |
| 4Rogers County, OK | 89 | 42 | 11.5 | $5.4M | +7.1% | #53 of 2,402 |
| 5Cleveland County, OK | 83 | 145 | 12.4 | $4.9M | +2.6% | #124 of 2,402 |
| 6McClain County, OK | 82 | 33 | 20.1 | $3.1M | +18.4% | #154 of 2,402 |
| 7Creek County, OK | 76 | 44 | 15.6 | $3.7M | +4.4% | #275 of 2,402 |
| 8Pottawatomie County, OK | 73 | 40 | 14.9 | $3.8M | +3.5% | #359 of 2,402 |
| 9Tulsa County, OK | 73 | 452 | 16.6 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #361 of 2,402 |
| 10Washington County, OK | 68 | 36 | 17.2 | $3.3M | +2.7% | #508 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Cleveland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores83
- Grocery stores82
- Convenience stores79
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 Cleveland County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 145 grocery and convenience stores in Cleveland County. 78 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 17.5% from 2019. Official counts list 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cleveland County, OK spend on groceries?
About $706.9M a year, or $6,052 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 145 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 116,799 households in Cleveland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cleveland County, OK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Cleveland County has 12.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.9M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Cleveland County would have about 209, against 145 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,539 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Cleveland County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Cleveland County at 303,973 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,799 households. The median household income in Cleveland County is $77,068 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Cleveland County scores 83 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #124 of 2,402 scored counties.
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