Groceries and convenience · County · Minnesota
Grocery stores in Fillmore County, MN
How Fillmore County, MN 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,514 of 2,070 scored counties
#43 of 54 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $52.5M
- On groceries · $6,022 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,540
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 grocery stores in Fillmore County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in Fillmore County comes to about $52.5M a year: $6,022 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Fillmore County in 2023. That is one for every 1,454 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fillmore County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Fillmore County is 35 (lower middle), #1,514 of 2,070 scored counties and #43 of 54 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Fillmore County 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 | Fillmore County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $10.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,454 | 2,313 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,022 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,512 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 136
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 92 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Fillmore 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 Fillmore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,540+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,723
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 861 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $77,512+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,838
- Median home value
- $221,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,465
- Daytime population
- 17,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Fillmore County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chisago County, MN | 91 | 6 | 2.8 | $23.4M | +4.3% | #42 of 2,070 |
| 2Washington County, MN | 91 | 33 | 3.1 | $22.4M | +6.9% | #43 of 2,070 |
| 3Wright County, MN | 91 | 27 | 5.0 | $13.5M | +11.1% | #49 of 2,070 |
| 4Sherburne County, MN | 90 | 7 | 2.0 | $34.1M | +6.8% | #50 of 2,070 |
| 5Scott County, MN | 89 | 20 | 3.6 | $19.5M | +5.1% | #58 of 2,070 |
| 6Isanti County, MN | 88 | 7 | 4.3 | $14.5M | +7.3% | #72 of 2,070 |
| 7Anoka County, MN | 85 | 59 | 4.3 | $15.5M | +4.7% | #109 of 2,070 |
| 8Carver County, MN | 84 | 21 | 5.1 | $14.1M | +6.6% | #120 of 2,070 |
| 9Dakota County, MN | 83 | 70 | 4.0 | $16.9M | +3.9% | #130 of 2,070 |
| 10Clay County, MN | 83 | 12 | 4.5 | $13.4M | +3.6% | #136 of 2,070 |
| 43Fillmore County, MN | 35 | 9 | 10.3 | $5.8M | +1.4% | #1,514 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Fillmore County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores35
- Convenience stores55
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 Fillmore County, MN?
Fillmore County has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) 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 Fillmore County, MN spend on groceries?
About $52.5M a year, or $6,022 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,723 households in Fillmore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fillmore County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Fillmore County has 10.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.8M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Fillmore County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,454 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Fillmore County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Fillmore County at 21,540 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,723 households. Median household income in Fillmore County is $77,512, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. Fillmore County scores 35 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,514 of 2,070 scored counties.
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