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Grocery stores in Glenn County, CA

The grocery stores in Glenn County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 22 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,835 of 2,070 scored counties
#45 of 55 scored counties in California

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$55.7M
On groceries · $5,673 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,141
−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 stores, Glenn County has a Groundwork market score of 22 (low): #1,835 of 2,070 scored counties and #45 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on groceries in Glenn County comes to about $55.7M a year: $5,673 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 grocery stores, that is $6.2M per store, 33% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Glenn County has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 35% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Glenn County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,401 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates show Glenn County declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Glenn County compares

The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery 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 stores in Glenn County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureGlenn CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.27.26.8
Spending per listing$6.2M$9.1M$9.3M
Households per official establishment1,4011,6842,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.0%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,673$6,548$6,319
Median household income$67,139$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score2234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 7
Employees, 2023
163
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Glenn 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 Glenn County

Population, 2025 estimate
28,141−2.6% since 2020
Households
9,810
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,314 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$67,139+35.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,971
Median home value
$352,400
Jobs located here
9,191
Daytime population
25,050Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across California

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The highest-scoring counties in California for grocery stores, numbered among those based in California, with Glenn County marked.

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Placer County, CA80744.7$14.6M+8.9%#184 of 2,070
2El Dorado County, CA69385.0$13.5M+0.6%#427 of 2,070
3Solano County, CA66774.9$13.4M+0.6%#498 of 2,070
4Riverside County, CA664646.0$10.6M+5.0%#513 of 2,070
5Contra Costa County, CA632425.8$12.1M+0.3%#588 of 2,070
6Santa Clara County, CA624046.1$12.3M−0.9%#609 of 2,070
7Orange County, CA626195.7$12M−1.1%#610 of 2,070
8San Diego County, CA616575.6$11.9M−0.6%#643 of 2,070
9San Benito County, CA60199.2$7.4M+8.6%#693 of 2,070
10Calaveras County, CA56116.0$10.3M+2.8%#802 of 2,070
45Glenn County, CA2299.2$6.2M−2.6%#1,835 of 2,070

Other business types in Glenn County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Glenn County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery stores in Glenn County. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Glenn County, CA spend on groceries?

About $55.7M a year, or $5,673 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.2M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,810 households in Glenn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Glenn County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Glenn County has 9.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Glenn County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,401 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Glenn County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Glenn County at 28,141 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,810 households. The median household income in Glenn County is $67,139 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.3% 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. Glenn County scores 22 for grocery stores (low), #1,835 of 2,070 scored counties.

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

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