Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Grocery and convenience stores in Minnehaha County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Minnehaha County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #338 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 175
- 80 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- −5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $519.3M
- On groceries · $6,122 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.6
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 212,691
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 175 grocery and convenience stores in Minnehaha County. Of those, 80 are chain locations, or 46%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.6, 10% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Minnehaha County comes to about $519.3M a year: $6,122 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 175 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3M per store, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 36 businesses with payroll in Minnehaha County classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,356 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 55 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $559K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Minnehaha County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Minnehaha County grew 7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Minnehaha County is 74 (upper middle), #338 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 17 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Minnehaha 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 | Minnehaha County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.6 | 24.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $2.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,356 | 1,576 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.3% | +9.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,122 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,880 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 36−5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,231
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $59M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 55Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17580 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 153The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $559K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 212,691+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 84,814
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $76,880+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,921
- Median home value
- $287,600
- Jobs located here
- 135,684
- Daytime population
- 228,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Minnehaha County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Minnehaha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores67
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 Minnehaha County, SD?
Minnehaha County has 175 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 80 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 5.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 55 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Minnehaha County, SD spend on groceries?
About $519.3M a year, or $6,122 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,814 households in Minnehaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Minnehaha County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Minnehaha County has 20.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% 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, Minnehaha County would have about 153, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,356 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Minnehaha County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Minnehaha County at 212,691 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,814 households. Median household income in Minnehaha County is $76,880, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Minnehaha County scores 74 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #338 of 2,402 scored counties.
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