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Grocery stores in Grant County, IN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #700 of 2,070 scored counties
#32 of 67 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
12
5 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$144.7M
On groceries · $5,406 a household
Spending per listing
$12.1M
30% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.5
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,524
0.0% 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 Grant County spend about $144.7M a year on groceries, or $5,406 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 grocery stores, that is $12.1M per store, 30% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Grant County has 12 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 4.5, 34% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Grant County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,347 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Grant County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Grant County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #700 of 2,070 scored counties and #32 of 67 scored counties in Indiana.

How Grant County 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.

Grocery stores in Grant County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureGrant CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.55.26.8
Spending per listing$12.1M$11.5M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,3472,8472,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.4%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,406$5,959$6,319
Median household income$53,522$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score5969

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
208
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Grant 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 Grant County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,5240.0% since 2020
Households
26,773
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
414 sq. mi.
People per square mile
160
Median household income
$53,522+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,971
Median home value
$122,300
Jobs located here
28,051
Daytime population
67,529Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Indiana

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

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hancock County, IN9772.1$31.2M+13.5%#3 of 2,070
2Hendricks County, IN96121.8$37.2M+10.2%#5 of 2,070
3Hamilton County, IN96483.5$20.4M+10.9%#6 of 2,070
4Boone County, IN95113.8$18.1M+13.5%#14 of 2,070
5Johnson County, IN93213.4$19.1M+7.4%#26 of 2,070
6Warrick County, IN8872.8$23.1M+4.4%#65 of 2,070
7Floyd County, IN8492.8$21.9M+2.0%#114 of 2,070
8Morgan County, IN84145.0$12.4M+4.4%#124 of 2,070
9Clark County, IN83254.9$12.3M+7.5%#142 of 2,070
10Dearborn County, IN8173.5$17.8M+1.7%#161 of 2,070
32Grant County, IN59124.5$12.1M0.0%#700 of 2,070

Other business types in Grant County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Grant County, IN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 grocery stores in Grant County. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Grant County, IN spend on groceries?

About $144.7M a year, or $5,406 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12.1M 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 26,773 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grant County, IN compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Grant County has 4.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $12.1M, 30% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Grant County would have about 16, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,347 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Grant County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Grant County at 66,524 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,773 households. The median household income in Grant County is $53,522 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.7% 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. Grant County scores 59 for grocery stores (upper middle), #700 of 2,070 scored counties.

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

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