Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Oregon
Grocery and convenience stores in the Corvallis, OR metro area
How the Corvallis, OR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #185 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 65
- 28 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $232.4M
- On groceries · $6,031 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.9
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 97,728
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Corvallis metro area spend about $232.4M a year on groceries, or $6,031 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per store, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 65 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Corvallis metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 16.9 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corvallis metro area in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,204 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Corvallis metro area grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Corvallis metro area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #185 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Corvallis metro area 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.
| Measure | Corvallis metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.9 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,204 | 994 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.3% | +6.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,031 | $6,152 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,702 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32+14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,122
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6528 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The 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 Corvallis metro 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 Corvallis metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 97,728+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 38,537
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 675 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $77,702+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,303
- Median home value
- $513,000
- Jobs located here
- 38,819
- Daytime population
- 95,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Corvallis metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bend, OR | 59 | 187 | 17.9 | $3.5M | +7.0% | #134 of 387 |
| 2Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 57 | 1,653 | 16.4 | $4M | +1.0% | #147 of 387 |
| 3Corvallis, OR | 52 | 65 | 16.9 | $3.6M | +4.4% | #185 of 387 |
| 4Salem, OR | 41 | 294 | 18.4 | $3.3M | +2.7% | #258 of 387 |
| 5Eugene-Springfield, OR | 26 | 292 | 18.2 | $3.2M | −0.7% | #341 of 387 |
| 6Medford, OR | 24 | 178 | 19.3 | $3M | −0.9% | #348 of 387 |
| 7Albany, OR | 23 | 114 | 22.5 | $2.6M | +3.0% | #353 of 387 |
| 8Grants Pass, OR | 13 | 79 | 21.5 | $2.6M | −0.4% | #382 of 387 |
Other business types in the Corvallis metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores52
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores54
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 Corvallis, OR metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 65 grocery and convenience stores in the Corvallis metro area. 28 of them (43%) 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, up 14.3% from 2019. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Corvallis, OR metro area spend on groceries?
About $232.4M a year, or $6,031 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,537 households in the Corvallis metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corvallis, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Corvallis metro area has 16.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Corvallis metro area would have about 69, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,204 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Corvallis, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Corvallis metro area at 97,728 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,537 households. The median household income in the Corvallis metro area is $77,702 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. The Corvallis metro area scores 52 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #185 of 387 scored metro areas.
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