Groceries and convenience · County · Pennsylvania
Grocery and convenience stores in Lackawanna County, PA
How Lackawanna 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,205 of 2,402 scored counties
#50 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 191
- 79 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 81
- +15.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $560.8M
- On groceries · $6,354 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 216,502
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,354 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Lackawanna County spend about $560.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 191 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.9M per store, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Lackawanna County has 191 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 79 are chain locations, or 41%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.6 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lackawanna County was 81 in 2023, up 15.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,090 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 38 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $801K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lackawanna County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lackawanna County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Lackawanna County is 50 (upper middle), #1,205 of 2,402 scored counties and #50 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Lackawanna 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 | Lackawanna County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 19.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,090 | 1,300 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.7% | +7.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,354 | $6,738 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,223 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 70 → 81+15.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,042
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $73.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19179 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 166The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $801K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 216,502+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 88,263
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 459 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 471
- Median household income
- $66,223+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,204
- Median home value
- $201,800
- Jobs located here
- 97,186
- Daytime population
- 217,834Residents 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 |
| 50Lackawanna County, PA | 50 | 191 | 21.6 | $2.9M | +0.5% | #1,205 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Lackawanna County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores56
- Convenience stores50
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 Lackawanna County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 191 grocery and convenience stores in Lackawanna County. 79 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 15.7% from 2019. Another 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lackawanna County, PA spend on groceries?
About $560.8M a year, or $6,354 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 191 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 88,263 households in Lackawanna County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lackawanna County, PA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Lackawanna County has 21.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lackawanna County would have about 166, against 191 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,090 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lackawanna County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lackawanna County at 216,502 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 88,263 households. The median household income in Lackawanna County is $66,223 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. Lackawanna County scores 50 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,205 of 2,402 scored counties.
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