Groceries and convenience · Metro area · West Virginia
Grocery and convenience stores in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #361 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 118
- 58 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- +8.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $323M
- On groceries · $5,567 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 134,089
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, the Wheeling metro area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #361 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 118 grocery and convenience stores in the Wheeling metro area. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.3, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in the Wheeling metro area spend about $323M a year on groceries, or $5,567 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per store, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Wheeling metro area was 40 in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,451 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $698K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Wheeling metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Wheeling metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Wheeling metro area 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 | Wheeling metro area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 20.8 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,451 | 1,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.1% | −3.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,567 | $5,613 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,418 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40+8.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,068
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11858 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $698K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Wheeling metro area, 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 the Wheeling metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 134,089−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,024
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 944 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $57,418+14.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,303
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 58,297
- Daytime population
- 134,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Wheeling metro area marked.
Top metro areas in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 72 | 3,408 | 14.4 | $5M | +3.3% | #45 of 387 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 60 | 208 | 17.6 | $3.5M | +7.1% | #129 of 387 |
| 1Morgantown, WV | 54 | 107 | 18.6 | $3.1M | +1.3% | #177 of 387 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 50 | 135 | 24.3 | $2.6M | +6.5% | #204 of 387 |
| 2Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 36 | 73 | 19.3 | $2.9M | −2.3% | #293 of 387 |
| 3Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 34 | 272 | 17.9 | $3.1M | −2.6% | #302 of 387 |
| 4Charleston, WV | 34 | 164 | 18.8 | $3M | −4.7% | #303 of 387 |
| 5Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 26 | 94 | 18.9 | $2.9M | −3.6% | #342 of 387 |
| 6Wheeling, WV-OH | 20 | 118 | 20.3 | $2.7M | −3.6% | #361 of 387 |
| 7Beckley, WV | 19 | 90 | 20.0 | $2.7M | −4.3% | #365 of 387 |
Other business types in the Wheeling metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores20
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores20
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 the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area?
The Wheeling metro area has 118 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 58 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area spend on groceries?
About $323M a year, or $5,567 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 118 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,024 households in the Wheeling metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Wheeling metro area has 20.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Wheeling metro area would have about 95, against 118 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,451 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Wheeling, WV-OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wheeling metro area at 134,089 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 58,024 households. Median household income in the Wheeling metro area is $57,418, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.0%, 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. The Wheeling metro area scores 20 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #361 of 387 scored metro areas.
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