Groceries and convenience · County · Pennsylvania
Grocery and convenience stores in Fulton County, PA
How Fulton County, PA 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #283 of 2,402 scored counties
#10 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 7
- 4 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $40.1M
- On groceries · $6,321 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 69% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,483
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 grocery and convenience stores in Fulton County. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 11.0 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Fulton County spend about $40.1M a year on groceries, or $6,321 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 69% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Fulton County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Fulton County.
Population estimates show Fulton County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Fulton County scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #283 of 2,402 scored counties and #10 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Fulton County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Fulton County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 19.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,300 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,321 | $6,738 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,836 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 74 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $75K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Fulton 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 Fulton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,483−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,339
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 438 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $65,836+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,807
- Median home value
- $208,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,230
- Daytime population
- 13,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chester County, PA | 86 | 327 | 16.0 | $4.9M | +4.2% | #88 of 2,402 |
| 2Cumberland County, PA | 82 | 193 | 18.1 | $3.9M | +6.5% | #152 of 2,402 |
| 3Adams County, PA | 82 | 74 | 18.1 | $3.8M | +3.6% | #153 of 2,402 |
| 4York County, PA | 81 | 324 | 17.8 | $3.8M | +3.6% | #169 of 2,402 |
| 5Butler County, PA | 80 | 157 | 19.4 | $3.6M | +3.2% | #189 of 2,402 |
| 6Pike County, PA | 79 | 48 | 19.8 | $3.4M | +7.2% | #212 of 2,402 |
| 7Washington County, PA | 77 | 148 | 16.7 | $4M | +0.7% | #245 of 2,402 |
| 8Franklin County, PA | 77 | 110 | 17.3 | $3.8M | +3.0% | #248 of 2,402 |
| 9Westmoreland County, PA | 76 | 228 | 14.7 | $4.5M | −1.4% | #263 of 2,402 |
| 10Fulton County, PA | 75 | 7 | 11.0 | $5.7M | −0.6% | #283 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Fulton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores75
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Fulton County, PA?
There are 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Fulton County as of September 2026. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Fulton County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fulton County, PA spend on groceries?
About $40.1M a year, or $6,321 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,339 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fulton County, PA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Fulton County has 11.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.7M, 69% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Fulton County would have about 12, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Fulton County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Fulton County at 14,483 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,339 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $65,836, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Fulton County scores 75 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #283 of 2,402 scored counties.
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