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Grocery stores in Antrim County, MI

How Antrim County, MI 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,379 of 2,070 scored counties
#42 of 73 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
13
4 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$65.8M
On groceries · $5,924 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.7
72% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,698
+5.3% 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

At $5,924 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Antrim County spend about $65.8M a year on groceries. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 46% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Antrim County has 13 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.7, 72% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Antrim County in 2023. That is one for every 1,850 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Antrim County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Antrim County is 40 (lower middle), #1,379 of 2,070 scored counties and #42 of 73 scored counties in Michigan.

How Antrim County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Antrim County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureAntrim CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.76.46.8
Spending per listing$5.1M$9.3M$9.3M
Households per official establishment1,8502,4192,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.4%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,924$6,009$6,319
Median household income$72,054$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score4043

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
142
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
134 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Antrim 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 Antrim County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,698+5.3% since 2020
Households
11,100
Median age
51.2
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
476 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$72,054+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,682
Median home value
$255,500
Jobs located here
4,614
Daytime population
20,391Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Michigan

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

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston County, MI86222.9$23.4M+1.7%#90 of 2,070
2Clinton County, MI82154.7$13.4M+1.6%#156 of 2,070
3Ottawa County, MI77625.6$11.5M+3.9%#253 of 2,070
4Macomb County, MI751444.0$15.2M+0.7%#288 of 2,070
5Monroe County, MI74254.0$15.4M+0.7%#309 of 2,070
6Eaton County, MI74214.6$13.2M+0.4%#313 of 2,070
7Cass County, MI71104.7$12.6M+0.2%#372 of 2,070
8Oakland County, MI692975.6$11.9M+1.2%#432 of 2,070
9Jackson County, MI68274.3$13.5M−0.4%#450 of 2,070
10Barry County, MI67156.1$9.9M+2.2%#485 of 2,070
42Antrim County, MI401311.7$5.1M+5.3%#1,379 of 2,070

Other business types in Antrim County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Antrim County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 grocery stores in Antrim County. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Antrim County, MI spend on groceries?

About $65.8M a year, or $5,924 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 11,100 households in Antrim County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Antrim County, MI compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Antrim County has 11.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.1M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Antrim County would have about 7, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,850 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Antrim County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Antrim County at 24,698 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,100 households. The median household income in Antrim County is $72,054 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Antrim County scores 40 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,379 of 2,070 scored counties.

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