Groceries and convenience · County · Virginia
Grocery and convenience stores in Roanoke city, VA
The grocery and convenience stores in Roanoke city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,166 of 2,402 scored counties
#99 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 105
- 33 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 75
- +27.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $239M
- On groceries · $5,484 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.1
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,111
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Roanoke city has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #2,166 of 2,402 scored counties and #99 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 105 grocery and convenience stores in Roanoke city. Of those, 33 are chain locations, or 31%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.1, 29% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,484 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Roanoke city spend about $239M a year on groceries. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 75 businesses with payroll in Roanoke city classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 27.1% from 2019. That is one for every 581 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $149K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Roanoke city. Population estimates show Roanoke city declined 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Roanoke 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 | Roanoke city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.1 | 19.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 581 | 1,152 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.1% | +7.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,484 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $55,378 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59 → 75+27.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,152
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10533 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $149K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Roanoke 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 Roanoke city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,111−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 43,575
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 52%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 43 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,313
- Median household income
- $55,378+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,578
- Median home value
- $190,500
- Jobs located here
- 69,862
- Daytime population
- 125,030Residents 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 |
| 99Roanoke city, VA | 22 | 105 | 24.1 | $2.3M | −0.8% | #2,166 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Roanoke city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores22
- Grocery stores20
- Convenience stores27
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 Roanoke city, VA?
Roanoke city has 105 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 27.1% from 2019. Another 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Roanoke city, VA spend on groceries?
About $239M a year, or $5,484 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 105 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,575 households in Roanoke city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roanoke city, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Roanoke city has 24.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 29% 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 national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Roanoke city would have about 71, against 105 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 581 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Roanoke city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Roanoke city at 99,111 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,575 households. Median household income in Roanoke city is $55,378, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Roanoke city scores 22 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,166 of 2,402 scored counties.
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