Groceries and convenience · County · Washington
Grocery and convenience stores in Okanogan County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Okanogan County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,056 of 2,402 scored counties
#34 of 35 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 68
- 12 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $98.4M
- On groceries · $5,609 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 38.8
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,230
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Okanogan County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #2,056 of 2,402 scored counties and #34 of 35 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Okanogan County comes to about $98.4M a year: $5,609 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per store, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 68 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Okanogan County as of September 2026. 12 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 38.8, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Okanogan County classed as grocery and convenience stores, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 763 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $27K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Okanogan County. Population estimates show Okanogan County grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Okanogan 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.
| Measure | Okanogan County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 38.8 | 16.9 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 763 | 1,353 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +10.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,609 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,207 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 230.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 513
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6812 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $27K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Okanogan 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 Okanogan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,230+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 17,540
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 5,266 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $63,207+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,721
- Median home value
- $299,800
- Jobs located here
- 14,908
- Daytime population
- 43,227Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clark County, WA | 81 | 250 | 12.8 | $5.1M | +5.3% | #158 of 2,402 |
| 2Kitsap County, WA | 79 | 138 | 12.7 | $5.2M | +2.7% | #192 of 2,402 |
| 3Thurston County, WA | 77 | 163 | 13.7 | $4.6M | +2.8% | #239 of 2,402 |
| 4Snohomish County, WA | 76 | 468 | 14.8 | $4.6M | +4.9% | #262 of 2,402 |
| 5King County, WA | 75 | 1,546 | 16.4 | $4.3M | +3.1% | #291 of 2,402 |
| 6Benton County, WA | 75 | 139 | 17.8 | $3.5M | +6.9% | #299 of 2,402 |
| 7Pierce County, WA | 73 | 448 | 12.8 | $5.1M | +2.5% | #342 of 2,402 |
| 8Spokane County, WA | 73 | 307 | 14.1 | $4.3M | +3.2% | #349 of 2,402 |
| 9Asotin County, WA | 71 | 11 | 11.6 | $5.1M | +1.0% | #404 of 2,402 |
| 10Douglas County, WA | 71 | 25 | 15.7 | $3.9M | +8.0% | #411 of 2,402 |
| 34Okanogan County, WA | 27 | 68 | 38.8 | $1.4M | +7.3% | #2,056 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Okanogan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores27
- Grocery stores25
- 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 Okanogan County, WA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 68 grocery and convenience stores in Okanogan County. 12 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Okanogan County, WA spend on groceries?
About $98.4M a year, or $5,609 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,540 households in Okanogan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Okanogan County, WA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Okanogan County has 38.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Okanogan County would have about 29, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 763 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Okanogan County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Okanogan County at 45,230 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,540 households. The median household income in Okanogan County is $63,207 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Okanogan County scores 27 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,056 of 2,402 scored counties.
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