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Grocery and convenience stores in the Lynchburg, VA metro area

How the Lynchburg, VA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #323 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia

Listings
211
85 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
108
+30.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$602.7M
On groceries · $5,829 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.4
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
269,169
+2.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Lynchburg metro area is 30 (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 211 grocery and convenience stores in the Lynchburg metro area. Of those, 85 are chain locations, or 40%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.4, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in the Lynchburg metro area spend about $602.7M a year on groceries, or $5,829 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per store, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Lynchburg metro area in 2023, up 30.1% from 2019. That is one for every 957 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $952K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Lynchburg metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lynchburg metro area grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Lynchburg metro area compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Lynchburg, VA metro area compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLynchburg metro areaVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.419.118.7
Spending per listing$2.9M$3.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment9571,1521,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+30.1%+7.3%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,829$6,537$6,319
Median household income$68,996$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score3051

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
108+30.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,380
Annual payroll, 2023
$57.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
30Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21185 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$952K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Lynchburg metro 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 Lynchburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
269,169+2.9% since 2020
Households
103,401
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,121 sq. mi.
People per square mile
124
Median household income
$68,996+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,223
Median home value
$239,700
Jobs located here
98,871
Daytime population
253,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lynchburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in Virginia ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV723,40814.4$5M+3.3%#45 of 387
1Richmond, VA511,03219.3$3.3M+5.5%#194 of 387
2Winchester, VA-WV5013524.3$2.6M+6.5%#204 of 387
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA4821216.2$3.4M+2.3%#210 of 387
3Charlottesville, VA4818320.2$3.2M+3.1%#212 of 387
4Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC431,31718.6$3.4M+0.9%#244 of 387
5Lynchburg, VA3021120.4$2.9M+2.9%#323 of 387
6Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA3011722.4$2.6M+3.2%#324 of 387
7Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA2813619.4$3M−0.1%#331 of 387
8Roanoke, VA2526920.5$2.9M+0.4%#343 of 387

Other business types in the Lynchburg metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Lynchburg, VA metro area?

There are 211 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Lynchburg metro area as of September 2026. 85 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 30.1% from 2019. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lynchburg, VA metro area spend on groceries?

About $602.7M a year, or $5,829 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 211 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 103,401 households in the Lynchburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lynchburg, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Lynchburg metro area has 20.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Lynchburg metro area would have about 178, against 211 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 957 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lynchburg, VA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lynchburg metro area at 269,169 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 103,401 households. Median household income in the Lynchburg metro area is $68,996, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. The Lynchburg metro area scores 30 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas.

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