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Grocery and convenience stores in the Grants Pass, OR metro area

The grocery and convenience stores in the Grants Pass, OR metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #382 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
79
30 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
50
+19.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$205.8M
On groceries · $5,606 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.5
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,867
−0.4% 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

The Grants Pass metro area scores 13 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #382 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Grants Pass metro area spend about $205.8M a year on groceries, or $5,606 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The Grants Pass metro area has 79 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 30 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Grants Pass metro area was 50 in 2023, up 19.1% from 2019. That is one for every 734 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Grants Pass metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Grants Pass 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Grants Pass, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureGrants Pass metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.519.618.7
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment7349941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+19.1%+6.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,606$6,152$6,319
Median household income$60,098$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score1334

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50+19.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
876
Annual payroll, 2023
$27.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7930 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
61The 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 Grants Pass 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 Grants Pass metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
87,867−0.4% since 2020
Households
36,715
Median age
47.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,639 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$60,098+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,314
Median home value
$404,300
Jobs located here
30,421
Daytime population
87,114Residents 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 metro areas in Oregon for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Grants Pass metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bend, OR5918717.9$3.5M+7.0%#134 of 387
2Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA571,65316.4$4M+1.0%#147 of 387
3Corvallis, OR526516.9$3.6M+4.4%#185 of 387
4Salem, OR4129418.4$3.3M+2.7%#258 of 387
5Eugene-Springfield, OR2629218.2$3.2M−0.7%#341 of 387
6Medford, OR2417819.3$3M−0.9%#348 of 387
7Albany, OR2311422.5$2.6M+3.0%#353 of 387
8Grants Pass, OR137921.5$2.6M−0.4%#382 of 387

Other business types in the Grants Pass metro area

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Grants Pass, OR metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 79 grocery and convenience stores in the Grants Pass metro area. 30 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 19.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Grants Pass, OR metro area spend on groceries?

About $205.8M a year, or $5,606 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 79 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,715 households in the Grants Pass metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Grants Pass, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Grants Pass metro area has 21.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Grants Pass metro area would have about 61, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 734 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 19.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Grants Pass, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Grants Pass metro area at 87,867 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,715 households. The median household income in the Grants Pass metro area is $60,098 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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 Grants Pass metro area scores 13 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #382 of 387 scored metro areas.

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