Groceries and convenience · County · Missouri
Grocery stores in Osage County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Osage County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.5M
- On groceries · $5,963 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.5M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,611
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 grocery stores in Osage County. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,963 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Osage County spend about $31.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 3 grocery stores, that is $10.5M per store, 13% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Osage County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,057 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Osage County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 grocery stores on map listings, Osage County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Osage County 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 | Osage County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.5M | $9.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,057 | 2,626 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,963 | $5,947 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,681 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 125
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 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 Osage 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 Osage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,611+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,287
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 607 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $76,681+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,237
- Median home value
- $223,300
- Jobs located here
- 4,156
- Daytime population
- 11,311Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 94 | 5 | 2.2 | $28.3M | +11.4% | #18 of 2,070 |
| 2Platte County, MO | 92 | 15 | 3.4 | $19.3M | +6.7% | #35 of 2,070 |
| 3St. Charles County, MO | 88 | 68 | 4.2 | $16M | +4.9% | #69 of 2,070 |
| 4Cass County, MO | 87 | 19 | 4.4 | $14.4M | +7.1% | #82 of 2,070 |
| 5Clay County, MO | 86 | 38 | 3.7 | $17M | +4.3% | #94 of 2,070 |
| 6Jefferson County, MO | 82 | 36 | 4.1 | $15.1M | +2.7% | #149 of 2,070 |
| 7Christian County, MO | 80 | 17 | 4.8 | $12.8M | +8.3% | #194 of 2,070 |
| 8Johnson County, MO | 79 | 9 | 4.3 | $13.6M | +4.9% | #217 of 2,070 |
| 9Lawrence County, MO | 75 | 5 | 3.4 | $16.3M | +3.7% | #287 of 2,070 |
| 10Cole County, MO | 75 | 14 | 4.5 | $13.4M | +1.7% | #294 of 2,070 |
| Osage County, MO | Not scored | 3 | 5.7 | $10.5M | +2.7% |
Other business types in Osage County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores44
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores48
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 Osage County, MO?
Osage County has 3 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Osage County, MO spend on groceries?
About $31.5M a year, or $5,963 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,287 households in Osage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Osage County, MO compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Osage County has 5.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.5M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,057 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Osage County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Osage County at 13,611 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,287 households. Median household income in Osage County is $76,681, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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. Osage County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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