Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Grocery and convenience stores in Brown County, SD
How Brown County, SD 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,162 of 2,402 scored counties
#13 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 32
- 11 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $95.9M
- On groceries · $5,888 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.6
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,561
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 grocery and convenience stores in Brown County. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 34%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.6, 5% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Brown County spend about $95.9M a year on groceries, or $5,888 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per store, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Brown County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,629 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Brown County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Brown County is 51 (upper middle), #1,162 of 2,402 scored counties and #13 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Brown 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 | Brown County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 24.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $2.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,629 | 1,576 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,888 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,898 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 380
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3211 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,561−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 16,285
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,713 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,772
- Median home value
- $221,100
- Jobs located here
- 19,972
- Daytime population
- 38,336Residents 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 |
| 13Brown County, SD | 51 | 32 | 19.6 | $3M | −1.7% | #1,162 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Brown County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores53
- Convenience stores46
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 Brown County, SD?
There are 32 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Brown County as of September 2026. 11 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Brown County, SD spend on groceries?
About $95.9M a year, or $5,888 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Brown County has 19.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Brown County would have about 28, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,629 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Brown County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County scores 51 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,162 of 2,402 scored counties.
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