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Grocery and convenience stores in Westmoreland County, PA

How Westmoreland 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 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #263 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
228
128 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
63
+5.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1B
On groceries · $6,586 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.7
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
349,324
−1.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 228 grocery and convenience stores in Westmoreland County. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 14.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Westmoreland County spend about $1B a year on groceries, or $6,586 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per store, 32% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Westmoreland County in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,460 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $350K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Westmoreland County.

Population estimates show Westmoreland County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Westmoreland County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #263 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Westmoreland 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Westmoreland County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureWestmoreland CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.719.018.7
Spending per listing$4.5M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,4601,3001,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.0%+7.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,586$6,738$6,319
Median household income$74,109$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score7652

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
60 → 63+5.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,829
Annual payroll, 2023
$67.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
71Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
228128 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
301The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$350K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
349,324−1.4% since 2020
Households
154,979
Median age
47.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,028 sq. mi.
People per square mile
343
Median household income
$74,109+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,695
Median home value
$203,500
Jobs located here
134,448
Daytime population
320,126Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Westmoreland County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chester County, PA8632716.0$4.9M+4.2%#88 of 2,402
2Cumberland County, PA8219318.1$3.9M+6.5%#152 of 2,402
3Adams County, PA827418.1$3.8M+3.6%#153 of 2,402
4York County, PA8132417.8$3.8M+3.6%#169 of 2,402
5Butler County, PA8015719.4$3.6M+3.2%#189 of 2,402
6Pike County, PA794819.8$3.4M+7.2%#212 of 2,402
7Washington County, PA7714816.7$4M+0.7%#245 of 2,402
8Franklin County, PA7711017.3$3.8M+3.0%#248 of 2,402
9Westmoreland County, PA7622814.7$4.5M−1.4%#263 of 2,402
10Fulton County, PA75711.0$5.7M−0.6%#283 of 2,402

Other business types in Westmoreland County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Westmoreland County, PA?

Westmoreland County has 228 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 128 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 71 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Westmoreland County, PA spend on groceries?

About $1B a year, or $6,586 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 228 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 154,979 households in Westmoreland County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Westmoreland County has 14.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.5M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Westmoreland County would have about 301, against 228 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,460 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Westmoreland County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Westmoreland County at 349,324 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 154,979 households. Median household income in Westmoreland County is $74,109, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Westmoreland County scores 76 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #263 of 2,402 scored counties.

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