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Grocery stores in Sacramento County, CA
The grocery stores in Sacramento County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #805 of 2,070 scored counties
#11 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 369
- 131 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 331
- +13.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.6B
- On groceries · $6,342 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.8M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,618,460
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,342 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Sacramento County spend about $3.6B a year on groceries. That works out to $9.8M per store, 6% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 369 grocery stores on map listings in Sacramento County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 4% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 331 businesses with payroll in Sacramento County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores, up 13.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,725 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $14M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Sacramento County.
Population estimates put the population change in Sacramento County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Sacramento County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #805 of 2,070 scored counties and #11 of 55 scored counties in California.
How Sacramento 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.
| Measure | Sacramento County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.8M | $9.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,725 | 1,684 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.4% | +4.0% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,342 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $92,175 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 292 → 331+13.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 12,206
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $450.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 369131 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 390The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $14M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,618,460+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 571,057
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 965 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $92,175+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,155
- Median home value
- $534,200
- Jobs located here
- 724,651
- Daytime population
- 1,607,887Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 80 | 74 | 4.7 | $14.6M | +8.9% | #184 of 2,070 |
| 2El Dorado County, CA | 69 | 38 | 5.0 | $13.5M | +0.6% | #427 of 2,070 |
| 3Solano County, CA | 66 | 77 | 4.9 | $13.4M | +0.6% | #498 of 2,070 |
| 4Riverside County, CA | 66 | 464 | 6.0 | $10.6M | +5.0% | #513 of 2,070 |
| 5Contra Costa County, CA | 63 | 242 | 5.8 | $12.1M | +0.3% | #588 of 2,070 |
| 6Santa Clara County, CA | 62 | 404 | 6.1 | $12.3M | −0.9% | #609 of 2,070 |
| 7Orange County, CA | 62 | 619 | 5.7 | $12M | −1.1% | #610 of 2,070 |
| 8San Diego County, CA | 61 | 657 | 5.6 | $11.9M | −0.6% | #643 of 2,070 |
| 9San Benito County, CA | 60 | 19 | 9.2 | $7.4M | +8.6% | #693 of 2,070 |
| 10Calaveras County, CA | 56 | 11 | 6.0 | $10.3M | +2.8% | #802 of 2,070 |
| 11Sacramento County, CA | 56 | 369 | 6.5 | $9.8M | +2.0% | #805 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Sacramento County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores65
- Grocery stores56
- Convenience stores75
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 stores are in Sacramento County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 369 grocery stores in Sacramento County. 131 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 331 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 13.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Sacramento County, CA spend on groceries?
About $3.6B a year, or $6,342 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 369 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.8M 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 571,057 households in Sacramento County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sacramento County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Sacramento County has 6.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.8M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Sacramento County would have about 390, against 369 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,725 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.4% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Sacramento County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Sacramento County at 1,618,460 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 571,057 households. The median household income in Sacramento County is $92,175 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.3% 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. Sacramento County scores 56 for grocery stores (upper middle), #805 of 2,070 scored counties.
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