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Grocery and convenience stores in Grant County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Grant County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,754 of 2,402 scored counties
#58 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 57
- 19 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $115.7M
- On groceries · $5,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.6
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,446
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Grant County spend about $115.7M a year on groceries, or $5,796 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per store, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Grant County has 57 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 33%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 28.6 for every 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Grant County in 2023. That is one for every 1,331 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Grant County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Grant County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,754 of 2,402 scored counties and #58 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Grant County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Grant County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.6 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,331 | 2,181 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,796 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,858 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 372
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5719 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Grant 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 Grant County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,446+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 19,960
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,148 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $66,858+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,594
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,860
- Daytime population
- 45,715Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waukesha County, WI | 87 | 233 | 13.8 | $4.9M | +2.4% | #75 of 2,402 |
| 2Ozaukee County, WI | 86 | 46 | 12.0 | $5.5M | +3.0% | #87 of 2,402 |
| 3Calumet County, WI | 86 | 29 | 13.6 | $4.7M | +2.9% | #89 of 2,402 |
| 4Dane County, WI | 86 | 385 | 15.3 | $4.2M | +4.9% | #93 of 2,402 |
| 5Washington County, WI | 80 | 98 | 17.2 | $3.8M | +1.8% | #187 of 2,402 |
| 6Outagamie County, WI | 79 | 140 | 17.9 | $3.5M | +2.6% | #210 of 2,402 |
| 7St. Croix County, WI | 79 | 83 | 22.1 | $3M | +4.7% | #213 of 2,402 |
| 8Winnebago County, WI | 74 | 120 | 16.5 | $3.6M | +1.4% | #327 of 2,402 |
| 9Brown County, WI | 74 | 211 | 19.0 | $3.2M | +2.6% | #337 of 2,402 |
| 10La Crosse County, WI | 72 | 86 | 16.7 | $3.6M | +0.3% | #391 of 2,402 |
| 58Grant County, WI | 36 | 57 | 28.6 | $2M | +0.9% | #1,754 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Grant County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores36
- Grocery stores30
- Convenience stores48
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 Grant County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 grocery and convenience stores in Grant County. 19 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grant County, WI spend on groceries?
About $115.7M a year, or $5,796 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,960 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grant County, WI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Grant County has 28.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Grant County would have about 34, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,331 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Grant County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Grant County at 52,446 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,960 households. The median household income in Grant County is $66,858 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.0% 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. Grant County scores 36 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,754 of 2,402 scored counties.
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