Groundwork

Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota

Grocery and convenience stores in Kingsbury County, SD

How Kingsbury 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

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
11
3 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.5M
On groceries · $5,926 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
66% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
52.1
2.8 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,284
+1.6% since 2020

See the grocery and convenience stores around any address in Kingsbury County

The site report maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Kingsbury County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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 11 grocery and convenience stores in Kingsbury County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 27%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 52.1 per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Kingsbury County comes to about $12.5M a year: $5,926 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.1M per store, 66% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Kingsbury County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 422 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kingsbury County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Kingsbury 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Kingsbury County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureKingsbury CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households52.124.718.7
Spending per listing$1.1M$2.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment4221,5761,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,926$6,012$6,319
Median household income$74,000$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored40

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$772K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
113 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Kingsbury 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 Kingsbury County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,284+1.6% since 2020
Households
2,112
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
832 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$74,000
Average household income
$88,285
Median home value
$169,500
Jobs located here
1,642
Daytime population
4,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Kingsbury County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery and convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Kingsbury County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Grocery and convenience stores across South Dakota

Every South Dakota market ranked →

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD914415.8$4.2M+17.5%#45 of 2,402
2Yankton County, SD741414.4$4.1M+1.5%#317 of 2,402
3Meade County, SD742117.5$3.5M+2.7%#329 of 2,402
4Minnehaha County, SD7417520.6$3M+7.6%#338 of 2,402
5Lawrence County, SD732117.4$3.4M+14.0%#369 of 2,402
6Pennington County, SD6910823.3$2.6M+6.6%#485 of 2,402
7Brookings County, SD662921.0$2.8M+9.6%#573 of 2,402
8Davison County, SD621516.9$3.4M+0.6%#710 of 2,402
9Hughes County, SD591317.9$3.4M−0.9%#826 of 2,402
10Union County, SD592128.7$2.2M+3.3%#850 of 2,402
Kingsbury County, SDNot scored1152.1$1.1M+1.6%

Other business types in Kingsbury County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Kingsbury County, SD?

Kingsbury County has 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Kingsbury County, SD spend on groceries?

About $12.5M a year, or $5,926 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,112 households in Kingsbury County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kingsbury County has 52.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.8 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.1M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Kingsbury County would have about 4, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 422 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Kingsbury County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Kingsbury County at 5,284 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,112 households. Median household income in Kingsbury County is $74,000, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Kingsbury County. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Kingsbury County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Kingsbury County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Kingsbury County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.