Groceries and convenience · County · West Virginia
Grocery and convenience stores in Mercer County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Mercer County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,472 of 2,402 scored counties
#18 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 46
- 16 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $131.1M
- On groceries · $5,413 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,503
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Mercer County comes to about $131.1M a year: $5,413 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 46 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.9M per store, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Mercer County as of September 2026. 16 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.0 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Mercer County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,019 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Mercer County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Mercer County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,472 of 2,402 scored counties and #18 of 43 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Mercer 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 | Mercer County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 20.8 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,019 | 1,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,413 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,210 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 299
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4616 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 Mercer 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 Mercer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,503−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 24,224
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 419 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $53,210+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,510
- Median home value
- $121,700
- Jobs located here
- 19,809
- Daytime population
- 57,149Residents 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 |
| 18Mercer County, WV | 43 | 46 | 19.0 | $2.9M | −3.4% | #1,472 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Mercer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores43
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores37
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 Mercer County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 46 grocery and convenience stores in Mercer County. 16 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Mercer County, WV spend on groceries?
About $131.1M a year, or $5,413 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,224 households in Mercer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mercer County, WV compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Mercer County has 19.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Mercer County would have about 39, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,019 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Mercer County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Mercer County at 57,503 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,224 households. The median household income in Mercer County is $53,210 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. Mercer County scores 43 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,472 of 2,402 scored counties.
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