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Grocery and convenience stores in the Green Bay, WI metro area

How the Green Bay, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #136 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
270
108 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
48
+11.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$832.6M
On groceries · $6,118 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.8
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
336,756
+2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 270 grocery and convenience stores in the Green Bay metro area. 108 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.8 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in the Green Bay metro area comes to about $832.6M a year: $6,118 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per store, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 48 businesses with payroll in the Green Bay metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,835 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Green Bay metro area.

Population estimates show the Green Bay metro area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Green Bay metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #136 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.

How the Green Bay metro area 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Green Bay, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureGreen Bay metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.820.018.7
Spending per listing$3.1M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,8352,1811,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.6%+4.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,118$6,105$6,319
Median household income$79,267$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score5952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
48+11.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,081
Annual payroll, 2023
$72.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
40Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
270108 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
246The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Green Bay 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 Green Bay metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
336,756+2.5% since 2020
Households
136,101
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,870 sq. mi.
People per square mile
177
Median household income
$79,267+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,173
Median home value
$257,300
Jobs located here
173,676
Daytime population
339,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Green Bay metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI812,10514.2$4.7M+2.6%#17 of 387
1Madison, WI7453417.7$3.6M+4.1%#38 of 387
2Appleton, WI7316916.9$3.7M+2.7%#44 of 387
3Oshkosh-Neenah, WI6412016.5$3.6M+1.4%#101 of 387
4Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI621,00515.3$4M0.0%#115 of 387
5Kenosha, WI6011516.7$3.7M−0.4%#127 of 387
6Green Bay, WI5927019.8$3.1M+2.5%#136 of 387
7Janesville-Beloit, WI5811116.5$3.6M+1.7%#141 of 387
8Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI5413717.0$3.6M+0.4%#175 of 387
9La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN5314219.7$3M+0.4%#183 of 387

Other business types in the Green Bay metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Green Bay, WI metro area?

There are 270 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Green Bay metro area as of September 2026. 108 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Green Bay, WI metro area spend on groceries?

About $832.6M a year, or $6,118 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 270 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 136,101 households in the Green Bay metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Green Bay, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Green Bay metro area has 19.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Green Bay metro area would have about 246, against 270 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,835 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Green Bay, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Green Bay metro area at 336,756 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 136,101 households. Median household income in the Green Bay metro area is $79,267, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.0%, 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 Green Bay metro area scores 59 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #136 of 387 scored metro areas.

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