Groceries and convenience · County · West Virginia
Grocery and convenience stores in Berkeley County, WV
How Berkeley County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #185 of 2,402 scored counties
#1 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 82
- 46 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- +4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $312.6M
- On groceries · $6,126 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.1
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,522
- +13.7% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Berkeley County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #185 of 2,402 scored counties and #1 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 grocery and convenience stores in Berkeley County. Of those, 46 are chain locations, or 56%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 16.1 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Berkeley County spend about $312.6M a year on groceries, or $6,126 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 26 businesses with payroll in Berkeley County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,962 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Berkeley County grew 13.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Berkeley County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Berkeley County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.1 | 20.8 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,962 | 1,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.0% | −3.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.7% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,126 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $80,815 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 26+4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 988
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8246 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The 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 Berkeley 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 Berkeley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,522+13.7% since 2020
- Households
- 51,021
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 321 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 403
- Median household income
- $80,815+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,580
- Median home value
- $266,300
- Jobs located here
- 38,190
- Daytime population
- 104,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 80 | 82 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +13.7% | #185 of 2,402 |
| 2Monongalia County, WV | 72 | 76 | 17.0 | $3.5M | +2.0% | #393 of 2,402 |
| 3Jefferson County, WV | 71 | 47 | 20.6 | $3.2M | +9.2% | #422 of 2,402 |
| 4Morgan County, WV | 70 | 12 | 16.3 | $3.6M | +5.5% | #441 of 2,402 |
| 5Putnam County, WV | 68 | 42 | 18.1 | $3.4M | −1.0% | #503 of 2,402 |
| 6Mason County, WV | 58 | 14 | 13.7 | $3.9M | −2.7% | #856 of 2,402 |
| 7Barbour County, WV | 54 | 9 | 14.6 | $3.6M | −0.3% | #1,011 of 2,402 |
| 8Hampshire County, WV | 54 | 19 | 22.0 | $2.6M | +4.4% | #1,042 of 2,402 |
| 9Wood County, WV | 53 | 69 | 19.3 | $2.9M | −2.1% | #1,074 of 2,402 |
| 10Cabell County, WV | 52 | 64 | 16.3 | $3.4M | −3.2% | #1,107 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Berkeley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores80
- Grocery stores87
- Convenience stores68
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 Berkeley County, WV?
There are 82 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Berkeley County as of September 2026. 46 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Berkeley County, WV spend on groceries?
About $312.6M a year, or $6,126 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,021 households in Berkeley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Berkeley County, WV compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Berkeley County has 16.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Berkeley County would have about 92, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,962 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Berkeley County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Berkeley County at 139,522 people in 2025, up 13.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,021 households. Median household income in Berkeley County is $80,815, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Berkeley County scores 80 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #185 of 2,402 scored counties.
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