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Grocery and convenience stores in Spotsylvania County, VA
The grocery and convenience stores in Spotsylvania County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #365 of 2,402 scored counties
#21 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 103
- 70 chain locations (68%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- +2.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $360.1M
- On groceries · $6,862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.6
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 155,388
- +10.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Spotsylvania County spend about $360.1M a year on groceries, or $6,862 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Spotsylvania County has 103 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 68% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.6 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 39 businesses with payroll in Spotsylvania County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 34 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.8M has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Spotsylvania County.
Population estimates show Spotsylvania County grew 10.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Spotsylvania County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #365 of 2,402 scored counties and #21 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Spotsylvania County 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 | Spotsylvania County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 19.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,346 | 1,152 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.6% | +7.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,862 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $112,738 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 39+2.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,083
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10370 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Spotsylvania County, 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 Spotsylvania County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 155,388+10.5% since 2020
- Households
- 52,481
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 365
- Median household income
- $112,738+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,558
- Median home value
- $404,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,183
- Daytime population
- 124,545Residents 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 |
| 21Spotsylvania County, VA | 73 | 103 | 19.6 | $3.5M | +10.5% | #365 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Spotsylvania County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores73
- Grocery stores79
- Convenience stores65
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 Spotsylvania County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 103 grocery and convenience stores in Spotsylvania County. 70 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Spotsylvania County, VA spend on groceries?
About $360.1M a year, or $6,862 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 103 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,481 households in Spotsylvania County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Spotsylvania County, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Spotsylvania County has 19.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Spotsylvania County would have about 106, against 103 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,346 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Spotsylvania County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Spotsylvania County at 155,388 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,481 households. The median household income in Spotsylvania County is $112,738 a year, 40% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.2% 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. 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. Spotsylvania County scores 73 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #365 of 2,402 scored counties.
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