Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Vermont
Grocery and convenience stores in the Rutland, VT area
How the Rutland, VT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #441 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont
- Listings
- 85
- 29 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- +7.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $162.5M
- On groceries · $6,419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.6
- 80% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,653
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, the Rutland area has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #441 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Rutland area spend about $162.5M a year on groceries, or $6,419 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per store, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 85 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Rutland area as of September 2026. 29 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 33.6 per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Rutland area was 30 in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 844 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Rutland area. Population estimates show the Rutland area declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Rutland 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 | Rutland area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.6 | 32.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 844 | 894 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.1% | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,419 | $6,795 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,616 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 21 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30+7.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 968
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8529 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $20K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Rutland 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 Rutland area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,653−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 25,321
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 931 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $68,616+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,636
- Median home value
- $229,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,134
- Daytime population
- 57,388Residents 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 Rutland 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 Rutland area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores32
- Grocery stores26
- Convenience stores48
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 Rutland, VT area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 85 grocery and convenience stores in the Rutland area. 29 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Rutland, VT area spend on groceries?
About $162.5M a year, or $6,419 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,321 households in the Rutland area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rutland, VT area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Rutland area has 33.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 80% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.9M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Rutland area would have about 48, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 844 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Rutland, VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Rutland area at 59,653 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,321 households. The median household income in the Rutland area is $68,616 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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 Rutland area scores 32 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #441 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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