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Grocery and convenience stores in Outagamie County, WI

How Outagamie 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 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #210 of 2,402 scored counties
#6 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
140
60 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
23
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$493.5M
On groceries · $6,296 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.9
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
195,894
+2.6% 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

For grocery and convenience stores, Outagamie County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #210 of 2,402 scored counties and #6 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

At $6,296 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Outagamie County spend about $493.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 140 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.5M per store, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Outagamie County has 140 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 60 are chain locations, or 43%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.9 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Outagamie County was 23 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 3,408 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Outagamie County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Outagamie 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 Outagamie County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureOutagamie CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.920.018.7
Spending per listing$3.5M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment3,4082,1811,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+4.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,296$6,105$6,319
Median household income$85,069$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score7952

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 230.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,610
Annual payroll, 2023
$37.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
32Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
14060 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
146The 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 Outagamie 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 Outagamie County

Population, 2025 estimate
195,894+2.6% since 2020
Households
78,382
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
638 sq. mi.
People per square mile
302
Median household income
$85,069+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,086
Median home value
$267,300
Jobs located here
112,656
Daytime population
204,040Residents 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 counties in Wisconsin for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Outagamie 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

Other business types in Outagamie County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 140 grocery and convenience stores in Outagamie County. 60 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $493.5M a year, or $6,296 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 140 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,382 households in Outagamie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Outagamie County has 17.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Outagamie County would have about 146, against 140 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,408 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Outagamie County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Outagamie County at 195,894 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,382 households. The median household income in Outagamie County is $85,069 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Outagamie County scores 79 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #210 of 2,402 scored counties.

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