Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Minnesota
Grocery stores in the Austin, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Austin, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #363 of 506 scored small-town markets
#14 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 15
- 3 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $93.7M
- On groceries · $5,962 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,971
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Austin area spend about $93.7M a year on groceries, or $5,962 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.2M per store, 33% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
The Austin area has 15 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.5, 40% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Austin area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,123 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Austin area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in the Austin area is 39 (lower middle), #363 of 506 scored small-town markets and #14 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.
How the Austin area compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Austin area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $10.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,123 | 2,313 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,962 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,074 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 429
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 153 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Austin 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 Austin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,971+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,719
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 57
- Median household income
- $73,074+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,253
- Median home value
- $185,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,578
- Daytime population
- 36,121Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with the Austin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 86 | 12 | 5.1 | $12.2M | +4.2% | #13 of 506 |
| 2Winona, MN | 82 | 8 | 4.0 | $14.9M | +1.8% | #21 of 506 |
| 3Alexandria, MN | 77 | 10 | 5.7 | $10.7M | +2.6% | #36 of 506 |
| 4Detroit Lakes, MN | 66 | 7 | 4.9 | $12.2M | +0.9% | #99 of 506 |
| 5Brainerd, MN | 61 | 28 | 6.6 | $9M | +4.3% | #148 of 506 |
| 6Hutchinson, MN | 61 | 13 | 8.5 | $7.1M | −0.3% | #153 of 506 |
| 7Willmar, MN | 57 | 14 | 8.0 | $7.6M | +2.3% | #197 of 506 |
| 8Owatonna, MN | 56 | 10 | 6.6 | $9.3M | +0.2% | #201 of 506 |
| 9Bemidji, MN | 51 | 15 | 8.3 | $7.1M | +1.8% | #263 of 506 |
| 10Fergus Falls, MN | 49 | 21 | 8.3 | $7.1M | +1.6% | #276 of 506 |
| 14Austin, MN | 39 | 15 | 9.5 | $6.2M | +2.3% | #363 of 506 |
Other business types in the Austin area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores39
- Convenience stores80
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 Austin, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 grocery stores in the Austin area. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Austin, MN area spend on groceries?
About $93.7M a year, or $5,962 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 15,719 households in the Austin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Austin, MN area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Austin area has 9.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Austin area would have about 10, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,123 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Austin, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Austin area at 40,971 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,719 households. The median household income in the Austin area is $73,074 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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 Austin area scores 39 for grocery stores (lower middle), #363 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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