Groceries and convenience · County · Minnesota
Grocery stores in Watonwan County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Watonwan County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,765 of 2,070 scored counties
#50 of 54 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.2M
- On groceries · $5,955 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 70% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.3
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,459
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, Watonwan County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,765 of 2,070 scored counties and #50 of 54 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $5,955 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Watonwan County spend about $25.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.8M per store, 70% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Watonwan County has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.3, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Watonwan County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,409 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Watonwan County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Watonwan 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 | Watonwan County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.3 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $10.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,409 | 2,313 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,955 | $6,414 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,699 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 72
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Watonwan 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 Watonwan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,459+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,227
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $71,699+32.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,447
- Median home value
- $162,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,626
- Daytime population
- 10,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 50Watonwan County, MN | 26 | 9 | 21.3 | $2.8M | +2.0% | #1,765 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Watonwan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores37
- Grocery stores26
- Convenience stores
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 Watonwan County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery stores in Watonwan County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Watonwan County, MN spend on groceries?
About $25.2M a year, or $5,955 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 4,227 households in Watonwan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Watonwan County, MN compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Watonwan County has 21.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $2.8M, 70% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Watonwan County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,409 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Watonwan County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Watonwan County at 11,459 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,227 households. The median household income in Watonwan County is $71,699 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.6% 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. 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. Watonwan County scores 26 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,765 of 2,070 scored counties.
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