Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Indiana
Grocery stores in the Frankfort, IN area
How the Frankfort, IN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #171 of 506 scored small-town markets
#16 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $72.1M
- On groceries · $5,766 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.2
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,322
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,766 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Frankfort area spend about $72.1M a year on groceries. That works out to $8M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 9 grocery stores on map listings in the Frankfort area as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 6% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Frankfort area in 2023. That is one for every 3,124 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Frankfort area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Frankfort area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #171 of 506 scored small-town markets and #16 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Frankfort area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Frankfort area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.2 | 5.2 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8M | $11.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,124 | 2,847 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,766 | $5,959 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,019 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Frankfort area, 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 the Frankfort area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,322+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,496
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 405 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $65,019+19.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,786
- Median home value
- $164,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,964
- Daytime population
- 30,915Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greencastle, IN | 87 | 5 | 3.5 | $16.8M | +3.2% | #10 of 506 |
| 2Auburn, IN | 84 | 7 | 4.1 | $14.4M | +2.9% | #17 of 506 |
| 3Huntington, IN | 81 | 7 | 4.5 | $12.7M | +1.6% | #23 of 506 |
| 4Decatur, IN | 75 | 6 | 4.8 | $11.9M | +2.2% | #44 of 506 |
| 5Warsaw, IN | 73 | 18 | 5.6 | $10.6M | +0.9% | #55 of 506 |
| 6New Castle, IN | 72 | 7 | 3.8 | $15M | +0.5% | #57 of 506 |
| 7Wabash, IN | 71 | 5 | 3.9 | $14.6M | −0.7% | #63 of 506 |
| 8Angola, IN | 67 | 10 | 7.1 | $8.4M | +1.0% | #95 of 506 |
| 9Kendallville, IN | 66 | 9 | 5.0 | $11.9M | +1.0% | #100 of 506 |
| 10Crawfordsville, IN | 66 | 11 | 7.1 | $8.3M | +2.7% | #108 of 506 |
| 16Frankfort, IN | 59 | 9 | 7.2 | $8M | +0.4% | #171 of 506 |
Other business types in the Frankfort area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores59
- Convenience stores71
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 the Frankfort, IN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 grocery stores in the Frankfort area. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Frankfort, IN area spend on groceries?
About $72.1M a year, or $5,766 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $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 12,496 households in the Frankfort area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Frankfort, IN area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Frankfort area has 7.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $8M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Frankfort area would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,124 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Frankfort, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Frankfort area at 33,322 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,496 households. The median household income in the Frankfort area is $65,019 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Frankfort area scores 59 for grocery stores (upper middle), #171 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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