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Grocery stores in Warren County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Warren County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #955 of 2,070 scored counties
#23 of 78 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 53
- 21 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $320.3M
- On groceries · $5,756 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 35% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 149,375
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 grocery stores in Warren County. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 40%, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,756 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Warren County spend about $320.3M a year on groceries. That is about $6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 35% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Warren County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 2,650 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $400K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Warren County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Warren County grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Warren County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #955 of 2,070 scored counties and #23 of 78 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Warren County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Warren County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $7.5M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,650 | 2,517 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,756 | $5,746 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,794 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 696
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $400K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Warren 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 Warren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 149,375+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 55,643
- Median age
- 35.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 542 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 260
- Median household income
- $65,794+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,648
- Median home value
- $258,000
- Jobs located here
- 68,446
- Daytime population
- 150,532Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 94 | 7 | 3.0 | $23.3M | +4.9% | #20 of 2,070 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 92 | 6 | 2.6 | $23.8M | +8.2% | #32 of 2,070 |
| 3Madison County, KY | 86 | 5 | 1.3 | $42.6M | +9.4% | #89 of 2,070 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 80 | 11 | 5.5 | $10.9M | +7.8% | #202 of 2,070 |
| 5Campbell County, KY | 79 | 11 | 2.8 | $22M | +2.5% | #206 of 2,070 |
| 6Shelby County, KY | 78 | 10 | 5.4 | $11.4M | +6.2% | #235 of 2,070 |
| 7Bullitt County, KY | 77 | 20 | 6.3 | $9.8M | +5.0% | #260 of 2,070 |
| 8Woodford County, KY | 76 | 5 | 4.6 | $13.5M | +3.7% | #266 of 2,070 |
| 9Kenton County, KY | 74 | 41 | 6.1 | $10.2M | +3.9% | #330 of 2,070 |
| 10Nelson County, KY | 71 | 12 | 6.3 | $9.3M | +4.8% | #394 of 2,070 |
| 23Warren County, KY | 52 | 53 | 9.5 | $6M | +10.6% | #955 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Warren County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores66
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores78
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 Warren County, KY?
Warren County has 53 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 21 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Warren County, KY spend on groceries?
About $320.3M a year, or $5,756 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,643 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Warren County, KY compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Warren County has 9.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Warren County would have about 35, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,650 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Warren County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Warren County at 149,375 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,643 households. Median household income in Warren County is $65,794, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Warren County scores 52 for grocery stores (upper middle), #955 of 2,070 scored counties.
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