Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Grocery and convenience stores in Beadle County, SD
The grocery and convenience stores in Beadle County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,027 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 29
- 5 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $43.4M
- On groceries · $5,757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.5
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,624
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Beadle County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,027 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,757 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Beadle County spend about $43.4M a year on groceries. Spread across 29 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.5M per store, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Beadle County as of September 2026. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 38.5, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Beadle County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,077 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Beadle County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Beadle County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Beadle County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.5 | 24.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,077 | 1,576 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,757 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,681 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 295 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Beadle 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 Beadle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,624+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,536
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,259 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $67,681+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $175,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,288
- Daytime population
- 18,287Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 91 | 44 | 15.8 | $4.2M | +17.5% | #45 of 2,402 |
| 2Yankton County, SD | 74 | 14 | 14.4 | $4.1M | +1.5% | #317 of 2,402 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 74 | 21 | 17.5 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #329 of 2,402 |
| 4Minnehaha County, SD | 74 | 175 | 20.6 | $3M | +7.6% | #338 of 2,402 |
| 5Lawrence County, SD | 73 | 21 | 17.4 | $3.4M | +14.0% | #369 of 2,402 |
| 6Pennington County, SD | 69 | 108 | 23.3 | $2.6M | +6.6% | #485 of 2,402 |
| 7Brookings County, SD | 66 | 29 | 21.0 | $2.8M | +9.6% | #573 of 2,402 |
| 8Davison County, SD | 62 | 15 | 16.9 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #710 of 2,402 |
| 9Hughes County, SD | 59 | 13 | 17.9 | $3.4M | −0.9% | #826 of 2,402 |
| 10Union County, SD | 59 | 21 | 28.7 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #850 of 2,402 |
| 17Beadle County, SD | 28 | 29 | 38.5 | $1.5M | +2.4% | #2,027 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Beadle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores21
- Convenience stores40
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 Beadle County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 grocery and convenience stores in Beadle County. 5 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Beadle County, SD spend on groceries?
About $43.4M a year, or $5,757 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,536 households in Beadle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Beadle County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Beadle County has 38.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Beadle County would have about 13, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,077 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Beadle County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Beadle County at 19,624 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,536 households. The median household income in Beadle County is $67,681 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Beadle County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,027 of 2,402 scored counties.
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