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Grocery and convenience stores in Price County, WI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Price County, WI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,025 of 2,402 scored counties
#66 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 24
- 8 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $36.4M
- On groceries · $5,560 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.7
- 96% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,988
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Price County is 28 (lower middle), #2,025 of 2,402 scored counties and #66 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 grocery and convenience stores in Price County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 36.7 for every 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,560 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Price County spend about $36.4M a year on groceries. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Price County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,635 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Price County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Price 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 | Price County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.7 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,635 | 2,181 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,560 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $60,546 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 173
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 248 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Price 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 Price County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,988−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,539
- Median age
- 51.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,254 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $60,546+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,630
- Median home value
- $162,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,160
- Daytime population
- 13,020Residents 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 |
| 66Price County, WI | 28 | 24 | 36.7 | $1.5M | −0.3% | #2,025 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Price County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores17
- Convenience stores30
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 Price County, WI?
Price County has 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Price County, WI spend on groceries?
About $36.4M a year, or $5,560 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,539 households in Price County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Price County, WI compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Price County has 36.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.5M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Price County would have about 11, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,635 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Price County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Price County at 13,988 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,539 households. Median household income in Price County is $60,546, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. Price County scores 28 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,025 of 2,402 scored counties.
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