Groceries and convenience · County · Virginia
Grocery and convenience stores in Virginia Beach city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Virginia Beach city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #968 of 2,402 scored counties
#40 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 320
- 213 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 157
- −2.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On groceries · $6,501 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.8
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 453,737
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Virginia Beach city comes to about $1.2B a year: $6,501 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 320 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.7M per store, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Virginia Beach city has 320 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 213 are chain locations, or 67%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 17.8 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 157 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Virginia Beach city in 2023, down 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 73 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.6M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Virginia Beach city.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Virginia Beach city declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Virginia Beach city is 55 (upper middle), #968 of 2,402 scored counties and #40 of 115 scored counties in Virginia.
How Virginia Beach 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 | Virginia Beach city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.8 | 19.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3.4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,146 | 1,152 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.5% | +7.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,501 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $92,968 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 161 → 157−2.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,272
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $146.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 73Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 320213 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 345The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 453,737−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 179,851
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 245 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,865
- Median household income
- $92,968+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,769
- Median home value
- $382,500
- Jobs located here
- 180,420
- Daytime population
- 440,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Virginia Beach city marked.
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 |
| 40Virginia Beach city, VA | 55 | 320 | 17.8 | $3.7M | −1.3% | #968 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Virginia Beach city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores55
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores51
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 Virginia Beach city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 320 grocery and convenience stores in Virginia Beach city. 213 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 157 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 2.5% from 2019. Official counts list 73 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Virginia Beach city, VA spend on groceries?
About $1.2B a year, or $6,501 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 320 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 179,851 households in Virginia Beach city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Virginia Beach city, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Virginia Beach city has 17.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Virginia Beach city would have about 345, against 320 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Virginia Beach city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Virginia Beach city at 453,737 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 179,851 households. The median household income in Virginia Beach city is $92,968 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Virginia Beach city scores 55 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #968 of 2,402 scored counties.
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