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Grocery and convenience stores in Clackamas County, OR

The grocery and convenience stores in Clackamas County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #456 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 29 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
249
116 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
116
+10.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On groceries · $6,618 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
29% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.2
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
426,280
+0.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 249 grocery and convenience stores in Clackamas County. Of those, 116 are chain locations, or 47%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $6,618 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Clackamas County spend about $1.1B a year on groceries. Spread across 249 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4.4M per store, 29% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Clackamas County was 116 in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,412 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 68 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $598K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Clackamas County.

Population estimates put the population change in Clackamas County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Clackamas County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #456 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Clackamas County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Clackamas County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureClackamas CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.219.618.7
Spending per listing$4.4M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,4129941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.5%+6.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,618$6,152$6,319
Median household income$103,517$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score6934

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
105 → 116+10.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,795
Annual payroll, 2023
$131M
One-person businesses, 2023
68Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
249116 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
320The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$598K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
426,280+0.9% since 2020
Households
163,845
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,871 sq. mi.
People per square mile
227
Median household income
$103,517+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,183
Median home value
$611,000
Jobs located here
181,774
Daytime population
404,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Oregon

Every Oregon market ranked →

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

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Deschutes County, OR7314016.5$3.9M+6.8%#355 of 2,402
2Washington County, OR7232613.8$4.8M+1.8%#377 of 2,402
3Polk County, OR724714.2$4.3M+2.3%#383 of 2,402
4Clackamas County, OR6924915.2$4.4M+0.9%#456 of 2,402
5Columbia County, OR683516.7$3.7M+2.6%#498 of 2,402
6Benton County, OR636516.9$3.6M+4.4%#660 of 2,402
7Marion County, OR5024719.5$3.1M+2.7%#1,202 of 2,402
8Crook County, OR502826.0$2.4M+10.6%#1,215 of 2,402
9Yamhill County, OR498822.4$2.8M+2.2%#1,246 of 2,402
10Jefferson County, OR481921.6$2.7M+4.7%#1,289 of 2,402

Other business types in Clackamas County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Clackamas County, OR?

There are 249 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Clackamas County as of September 2026. 116 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 10.5% from 2019. Official counts list 68 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Clackamas County, OR spend on groceries?

About $1.1B a year, or $6,618 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 249 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 163,845 households in Clackamas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Clackamas County has 15.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.4M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Clackamas County would have about 320, against 249 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,412 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Clackamas County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Clackamas County at 426,280 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,845 households. Median household income in Clackamas County is $103,517, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. Clackamas County scores 69 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #456 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 Clackamas County

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