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Grocery and convenience stores in Ferry County, WA

How Ferry County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.9M
On groceries · $5,336 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.4
52% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,517
+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 9 grocery and convenience stores in Ferry County. None of them are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 28.4 per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Ferry County comes to about $16.9M a year: $5,336 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Ferry County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 634 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ferry County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ferry County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Ferry County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Ferry County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureFerry CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.416.918.7
Spending per listing$1.9M$3.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment6341,3531,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.2%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,336$6,520$6,319
Median household income$55,614$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
7,517+4.4% since 2020
Households
3,169
Median age
52.3
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
2,203 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$55,614
Average household income
$70,298
Median home value
$283,400
Jobs located here
1,455
Daytime population
6,526Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Washington, with Ferry County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Clark County, WA8125012.8$5.1M+5.3%#158 of 2,402
2Kitsap County, WA7913812.7$5.2M+2.7%#192 of 2,402
3Thurston County, WA7716313.7$4.6M+2.8%#239 of 2,402
4Snohomish County, WA7646814.8$4.6M+4.9%#262 of 2,402
5King County, WA751,54616.4$4.3M+3.1%#291 of 2,402
6Benton County, WA7513917.8$3.5M+6.9%#299 of 2,402
7Pierce County, WA7344812.8$5.1M+2.5%#342 of 2,402
8Spokane County, WA7330714.1$4.3M+3.2%#349 of 2,402
9Asotin County, WA711111.6$5.1M+1.0%#404 of 2,402
10Douglas County, WA712515.7$3.9M+8.0%#411 of 2,402
Ferry County, WANot scored928.4$1.9M+4.4%

Other business types in Ferry County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Ferry County, WA?

There are 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Ferry County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Ferry County, WA spend on groceries?

About $16.9M a year, or $5,336 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,169 households in Ferry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ferry County has 28.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.9M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Ferry County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 634 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Ferry County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Ferry County at 7,517 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,169 households. Median household income in Ferry County is $55,614, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Ferry County

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