Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Missouri
Grocery stores in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #41 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 453
- 172 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 299
- +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.6B
- On groceries · $6,279 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.4M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,270,682
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 453 grocery stores in the Kansas City metro area. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Households in the Kansas City metro area spend about $5.6B a year on groceries, or $6,279 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $12.4M per store, 34% above 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 the Kansas City metro area was 299 in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,995 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $6.9M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Kansas City metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kansas City metro area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Kansas City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #41 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Kansas City metro area compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Kansas City metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $12.4M | $9.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,995 | 2,626 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | −6.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,279 | $5,947 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,460 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 299+4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 21,326
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $506.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 453172 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 605The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $6.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Kansas City metro 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 Kansas City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,270,682+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 895,368
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,257 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 306
- Median household income
- $83,460+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,261
- Median home value
- $287,300
- Jobs located here
- 1,123,972
- Daytime population
- 2,247,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Kansas City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 74 | 453 | 5.1 | $12.4M | +3.4% | #41 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, MO | 64 | 104 | 5.2 | $11M | +5.1% | #91 of 387 |
| 3Columbia, MO | 60 | 49 | 5.7 | $10.5M | +3.9% | #126 of 387 |
| 4Jefferson City, MO | 57 | 32 | 5.5 | $10.9M | +2.2% | #144 of 387 |
| 5St. Louis, MO-IL | 53 | 680 | 5.9 | $10.6M | −0.2% | #181 of 387 |
| 6Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 40 | 22 | 5.7 | $10M | +1.7% | #257 of 387 |
| 7Joplin, MO-KS | 34 | 58 | 7.3 | $7.7M | +3.9% | #303 of 387 |
| 8St. Joseph, MO-KS | 20 | 34 | 7.3 | $7.9M | −2.0% | #367 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kansas City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores80
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores79
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 Kansas City, MO-KS metro area?
The Kansas City metro area has 453 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 172 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 299 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area spend on groceries?
About $5.6B a year, or $6,279 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 453 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 895,368 households in the Kansas City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Kansas City metro area has 5.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $12.4M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Kansas City metro area would have about 605, against 453 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,995 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kansas City metro area at 2,270,682 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 895,368 households. Median household income in the Kansas City metro area is $83,460, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. The Kansas City metro area scores 74 for grocery stores (upper middle), #41 of 387 scored metro areas.
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