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Grocery and convenience stores in Tazewell County, VA

The grocery and convenience stores in Tazewell County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,626 of 2,402 scored counties
#67 of 115 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
30
8 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$86.5M
On groceries · $5,311 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.4
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,635
−4.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 grocery and convenience stores in Tazewell County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.4, 2% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Tazewell County comes to about $86.5M a year: $5,311 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Tazewell County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,810 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Tazewell County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Tazewell County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,626 of 2,402 scored counties and #67 of 115 scored counties in Virginia.

How Tazewell 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Tazewell County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureTazewell CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.419.118.7
Spending per listing$2.9M$3.4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,8101,1521,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.3%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,311$6,537$6,319
Median household income$47,313$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score3951

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 9
Employees, 2023
454
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
308 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Tazewell 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 Tazewell County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,635−4.4% since 2020
Households
16,290
Median age
45.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
519 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$47,313+12.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,710
Median home value
$118,300
Jobs located here
14,139
Daytime population
38,141Residents 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 counties in Virginia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Tazewell County marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Powhatan County, VA951311.5$6M+7.0%#11 of 2,402
2King George County, VA941514.8$4.7M+10.5%#20 of 2,402
3Fluvanna County, VA93109.7$6.7M+6.2%#21 of 2,402
4Orange County, VA872013.5$4.8M+10.1%#76 of 2,402
5Stafford County, VA878917.0$4.4M+8.3%#80 of 2,402
6Loudoun County, VA8521715.2$5.3M+6.4%#98 of 2,402
7Goochland County, VA841514.5$4.9M+17.4%#112 of 2,402
8James City County, VA835115.9$4.3M+6.2%#129 of 2,402
9York County, VA823513.0$5.3M+1.6%#143 of 2,402
10Louisa County, VA812717.4$3.6M+13.6%#171 of 2,402
67Tazewell County, VA393018.4$2.9M−4.4%#1,626 of 2,402

Other business types in Tazewell County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Tazewell County, VA?

There are 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Tazewell County as of September 2026. 8 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Tazewell County, VA spend on groceries?

About $86.5M a year, or $5,311 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,290 households in Tazewell County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Tazewell County, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Tazewell County has 18.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Tazewell County would have about 26, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,810 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Tazewell County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Tazewell County at 38,635 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,290 households. Median household income in Tazewell County is $47,313, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.4%, 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. Tazewell County scores 39 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,626 of 2,402 scored counties.

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