Groceries and convenience · County · Rhode Island
Grocery and convenience stores in Bristol County, RI
The grocery and convenience stores in Bristol County, RI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #215 of 2,402 scored counties
#2 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island
- Listings
- 28
- 12 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $152.3M
- On groceries · $7,576 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 61% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,001
- −1.5% since 2020
See the grocery and convenience stores around any address in Bristol County
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Bristol County is 78 (high), #215 of 2,402 scored counties and #2 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Household spending on groceries in Bristol County comes to about $152.3M a year: $7,576 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 28 grocery and convenience stores, that is $5.4M per store, 61% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Bristol County has 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 43%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bristol County in 2023. That is one for every 2,234 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bristol County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bristol County compares
The same measures for Rhode Island 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 | Bristol County | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 18.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $3.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,234 | 1,258 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,576 | $6,948 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $114,490 | $87,796 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 348
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Bristol 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 Bristol County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,001−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 20,104
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 24 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,092
- Median household income
- $114,490+37.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $151,035
- Median home value
- $513,800
- Jobs located here
- 14,997
- Daytime population
- 43,058Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Bristol County?
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Top counties in Rhode Island
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kent County, RI | 82 | 103 | 14.1 | $5M | +1.8% | #144 of 2,402 |
| 2Bristol County, RI | 78 | 28 | 13.9 | $5.4M | −1.5% | #215 of 2,402 |
| 3Providence County, RI | 63 | 497 | 19.2 | $3.5M | +2.8% | #662 of 2,402 |
| 4Washington County, RI | 62 | 110 | 20.9 | $3.6M | 0.0% | #706 of 2,402 |
| 5Newport County, RI | 54 | 77 | 20.9 | $3.5M | −2.9% | #1,014 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Bristol County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores78
- Grocery stores79
- Convenience stores77
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 Bristol County, RI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 grocery and convenience stores in Bristol County. 12 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bristol County, RI spend on groceries?
About $152.3M a year, or $7,576 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,104 households in Bristol County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bristol County, RI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Bristol County has 13.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.4M, 61% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bristol County would have about 45, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,234 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Bristol County, RI growing?
Population estimates put Bristol County at 50,001 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,104 households. The median household income in Bristol County is $114,490 a year, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.8% 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. Bristol County scores 78 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #215 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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