Groceries and convenience · County · Virginia
Grocery and convenience stores in Newport News city, VA
The grocery and convenience stores in Newport News city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,658 of 2,402 scored counties
#69 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 155
- 90 chain locations (58%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- +2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $442.9M
- On groceries · $5,819 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
- 183,230
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Newport News city spend about $442.9M a year on groceries, or $5,819 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.
Newport News city has 155 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 58% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.4, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Newport News city in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,001 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $845K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Newport News city.
Population estimates put the population change in Newport News city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Newport News city scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,658 of 2,402 scored counties and #69 of 115 scored counties in Virginia.
How Newport News city 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.
| Measure | Newport News city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 19.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,001 | 1,152 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.7% | +7.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,819 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,634 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 74 → 76+2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,562
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $41.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15590 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 131The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $845K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Newport News city, 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 Newport News city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 183,230−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 76,112
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 69 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,670
- Median household income
- $69,634+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,058
- Median home value
- $260,600
- Jobs located here
- 98,238
- Daytime population
- 206,364Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Powhatan County, VA | 95 | 13 | 11.5 | $6M | +7.0% | #11 of 2,402 |
| 2King George County, VA | 94 | 15 | 14.8 | $4.7M | +10.5% | #20 of 2,402 |
| 3Fluvanna County, VA | 93 | 10 | 9.7 | $6.7M | +6.2% | #21 of 2,402 |
| 4Orange County, VA | 87 | 20 | 13.5 | $4.8M | +10.1% | #76 of 2,402 |
| 5Stafford County, VA | 87 | 89 | 17.0 | $4.4M | +8.3% | #80 of 2,402 |
| 6Loudoun County, VA | 85 | 217 | 15.2 | $5.3M | +6.4% | #98 of 2,402 |
| 7Goochland County, VA | 84 | 15 | 14.5 | $4.9M | +17.4% | #112 of 2,402 |
| 8James City County, VA | 83 | 51 | 15.9 | $4.3M | +6.2% | #129 of 2,402 |
| 9York County, VA | 82 | 35 | 13.0 | $5.3M | +1.6% | #143 of 2,402 |
| 10Louisa County, VA | 81 | 27 | 17.4 | $3.6M | +13.6% | #171 of 2,402 |
| 69Newport News city, VA | 38 | 155 | 20.4 | $2.9M | −1.5% | #1,658 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Newport News city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores38
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores31
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 Newport News city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 155 grocery and convenience stores in Newport News city. 90 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Newport News city, VA spend on groceries?
About $442.9M a year, or $5,819 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 155 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 76,112 households in Newport News city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newport News city, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Newport News city 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 U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Newport News city would have about 131, against 155 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,001 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Newport News city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Newport News city at 183,230 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 76,112 households. The median household income in Newport News city is $69,634 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.9% 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. 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. Newport News city scores 38 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,658 of 2,402 scored counties.
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