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Grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County, OR

How Douglas County, OR 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,001 of 2,402 scored counties
#19 of 29 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
109
29 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
71
+6.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$264.7M
On groceries · $5,570 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.9
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
111,951
+0.6% 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, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,001 of 2,402 scored counties and #19 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Douglas County spend about $264.7M a year on groceries, or $5,570 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per store, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Douglas County has 109 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 29 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 22.9 per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County was 71 in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 669 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Douglas 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 Douglas County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.919.618.7
Spending per listing$2.4M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment6699941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.0%+6.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,570$6,152$6,319
Median household income$61,310$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score2834

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
67 → 71+6.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
942
Annual payroll, 2023
$29.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10929 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
3
Amount
$2.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
111,951+0.6% since 2020
Households
47,519
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
5,036 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$61,310+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,417
Median home value
$310,300
Jobs located here
37,255
Daytime population
106,777Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Oregon

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The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Douglas 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
19Douglas County, OR2810922.9$2.4M+0.6%#2,001 of 2,402

Other business types in Douglas County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 109 grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County. 29 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $264.7M a year, or $5,570 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 109 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,519 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Douglas County has 22.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Douglas County would have about 78, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 669 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 111,951 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,519 households. The median household income in Douglas County is $61,310 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Douglas County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,001 of 2,402 scored counties.

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