Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Vermont
Grocery and convenience stores in the Barre, VT area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Barre, VT area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #342 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont
- Listings
- 78
- 26 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- −3.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $176.6M
- On groceries · $6,832 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.2
- 61% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,652
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Barre area spend about $176.6M a year on groceries, or $6,832 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 78 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.3M per store, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Barre area has 78 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 30.2 per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in the Barre area classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 923 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $986K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Barre area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Barre area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Barre area is 44 (lower middle), #342 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont.
How the Barre area compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Barre area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.2 | 32.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 923 | 894 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.4% | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,832 | $6,795 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,449 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 21 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28−3.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 987
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7826 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $986K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Barre area, 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 the Barre area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,652−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 25,855
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 687 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $83,449+32.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,553
- Median home value
- $315,000
- Jobs located here
- 30,099
- Daytime population
- 61,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barre area marked.
Top small-town markets in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 48 | 280 | 30.5 | $2.2M | +1.5% | #305 of 538 |
| 1Barre, VT | 44 | 78 | 30.2 | $2.3M | −0.2% | #342 of 538 |
| 2Rutland, VT | 32 | 85 | 33.6 | $1.9M | −1.4% | #441 of 538 |
| 3Brattleboro, VT | 30 | 72 | 36.4 | $1.8M | −1.4% | #454 of 538 |
| 4Bennington, VT | 26 | 64 | 42.7 | $1.5M | −1.8% | #475 of 538 |
Other business types in the Barre area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores44
- Grocery stores45
- Convenience stores60
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 the Barre, VT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 78 grocery and convenience stores in the Barre area. 26 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Barre, VT area spend on groceries?
About $176.6M a year, or $6,832 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,855 households in the Barre area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Barre, VT area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Barre area has 30.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Barre area would have about 52, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 923 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Barre, VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Barre area at 59,652 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,855 households. The median household income in the Barre area is $83,449 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Barre area scores 44 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #342 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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