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Grocery stores in Will County, IL
How Will County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #310 of 2,070 scored counties
#7 of 67 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 120
- 50 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 103
- +12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On groceries · $6,821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.9M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 712,253
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Will County comes to about $1.7B a year: $6,821 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $13.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 49% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Will County has 120 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.9, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Will County was 103 in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,372 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $335K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Will County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Will County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Will County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #310 of 2,070 scored counties and #7 of 67 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Will County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Will County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.9M | $10.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,372 | 1,903 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.0% | +2.4% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,821 | $6,290 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $109,984 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 92 → 103+12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,608
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $132.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12050 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 179The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $335K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Will 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 Will County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 712,253+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 244,273
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 839
- Median household income
- $109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,183
- Median home value
- $319,600
- Jobs located here
- 272,349
- Daytime population
- 615,002Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Will County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 92 | 15 | 3.3 | $20.8M | +9.9% | #34 of 2,070 |
| 2Grundy County, IL | 83 | 9 | 4.4 | $14.8M | +2.9% | #133 of 2,070 |
| 3Monroe County, IL | 79 | 5 | 3.6 | $18.5M | −0.3% | #208 of 2,070 |
| 4Boone County, IL | 77 | 7 | 3.6 | $17.5M | +0.4% | #239 of 2,070 |
| 5McHenry County, IL | 76 | 48 | 4.1 | $16.5M | +2.5% | #264 of 2,070 |
| 6Williamson County, IL | 75 | 9 | 3.1 | $18.6M | +0.2% | #285 of 2,070 |
| 7Will County, IL | 74 | 120 | 4.9 | $13.9M | +2.2% | #310 of 2,070 |
| 8Tazewell County, IL | 71 | 25 | 4.6 | $13.2M | −0.9% | #369 of 2,070 |
| 9DeKalb County, IL | 68 | 19 | 4.8 | $12.4M | +1.5% | #452 of 2,070 |
| 10Kane County, IL | 67 | 104 | 5.6 | $12M | +1.8% | #479 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Will County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores81
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores85
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 Will County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 120 grocery stores in Will County. 50 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Will County, IL spend on groceries?
About $1.7B a year, or $6,821 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 120 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $13.9M 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 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Will County, IL compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Will County has 4.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $13.9M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Will County would have about 179, against 120 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,372 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Will County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Will County scores 74 for grocery stores (upper middle), #310 of 2,070 scored counties.
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