Groundwork

Groceries and convenience · County · Wisconsin

Grocery and convenience stores in Marinette County, WI

How Marinette County, WI 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,415 of 2,402 scored counties
#47 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
55
19 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$108.5M
On groceries · $5,694 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
28.9
55% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,574
+1.6% since 2020

See the grocery and convenience stores around any address in Marinette County

The site report maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Marinette County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

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 55 grocery and convenience stores in Marinette County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 28.9 per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $5,694 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Marinette County spend about $108.5M a year on groceries. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Marinette County in 2023. That is one for every 2,117 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $977K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Marinette County.

Population estimates put the population change in Marinette County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Marinette County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,415 of 2,402 scored counties and #47 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Marinette 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Marinette County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureMarinette CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households28.920.018.7
Spending per listing$2M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,1172,1811,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,694$6,105$6,319
Median household income$63,809$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4552

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 9
Employees, 2023
312
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5519 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$977K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Marinette 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 Marinette County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,574+1.6% since 2020
Households
19,051
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,400 sq. mi.
People per square mile
30
Median household income
$63,809+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,117
Median home value
$158,600
Jobs located here
17,150
Daytime population
41,438Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

Looking at a specific site in Marinette County?

These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery and convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.

Or open the report at the center of Marinette County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

Free10 actions over 3 days, no card

Grocery and convenience stores across Wisconsin

Every Wisconsin market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Marinette County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waukesha County, WI8723313.8$4.9M+2.4%#75 of 2,402
2Ozaukee County, WI864612.0$5.5M+3.0%#87 of 2,402
3Calumet County, WI862913.6$4.7M+2.9%#89 of 2,402
4Dane County, WI8638515.3$4.2M+4.9%#93 of 2,402
5Washington County, WI809817.2$3.8M+1.8%#187 of 2,402
6Outagamie County, WI7914017.9$3.5M+2.6%#210 of 2,402
7St. Croix County, WI798322.1$3M+4.7%#213 of 2,402
8Winnebago County, WI7412016.5$3.6M+1.4%#327 of 2,402
9Brown County, WI7421119.0$3.2M+2.6%#337 of 2,402
10La Crosse County, WI728616.7$3.6M+0.3%#391 of 2,402
47Marinette County, WI455528.9$2M+1.6%#1,415 of 2,402

Other business types in Marinette County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Marinette County, WI?

There are 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Marinette County as of September 2026. 19 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Marinette County, WI spend on groceries?

About $108.5M a year, or $5,694 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,051 households in Marinette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marinette County, WI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Marinette County has 28.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 55% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Marinette County would have about 32, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,117 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Marinette County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Marinette County at 42,574 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,051 households. Median household income in Marinette County is $63,809, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Marinette County scores 45 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,415 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Marinette County. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Marinette County

Screening a site or an acquisition in Marinette County?

A site report maps the competitors on map listings near an address and sizes the households and spending around it.

The button opens the report at the center of Marinette County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures are estimates for research only. Not investment or real estate advice.