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Grocery and convenience stores in Shawano County, WI

The grocery and convenience stores in Shawano County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,337 of 2,402 scored counties
#42 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
45
11 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$99.5M
On groceries · $5,768 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.1
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,560
+1.7% 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

Households in Shawano County spend about $99.5M a year on groceries, or $5,768 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 45 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.2M per store, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Shawano County has 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.1, 40% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Shawano County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,725 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 Shawano County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Shawano County scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,337 of 2,402 scored counties and #42 of 67 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Shawano 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 Shawano County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureShawano CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.120.018.7
Spending per listing$2.2M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,7252,1811,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,768$6,105$6,319
Median household income$66,479$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4752

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 10
Employees, 2023
251
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4511 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The 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 Shawano 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 Shawano County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,560+1.7% since 2020
Households
17,246
Median age
45.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
893 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,479+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,669
Median home value
$194,000
Jobs located here
12,350
Daytime population
32,224Residents 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 Shawano 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
42Shawano County, WI474526.1$2.2M+1.7%#1,337 of 2,402

Other business types in Shawano County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 grocery and convenience stores in Shawano County. 11 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 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 Shawano County, WI spend on groceries?

About $99.5M a year, or $5,768 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,246 households in Shawano County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Shawano County has 26.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Shawano County would have about 29, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,725 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Shawano County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Shawano County at 41,560 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,246 households. The median household income in Shawano County is $66,479 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Shawano County scores 47 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,337 of 2,402 scored counties.

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

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