Groceries and convenience · Metro area · New York
Grocery stores in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area
The grocery stores in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #190 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 264
- 105 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 188
- −6.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.7B
- On groceries · $6,965 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.1M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 915,835
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area spend about $2.7B a year on groceries, or $6,965 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 264 grocery stores, that is $10.1M per store, 9% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area has 264 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area was 188 in 2023, down 6.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,038 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #190 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 9.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.1M | $7.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,038 | 926 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.9% | −10.0% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,965 | $6,985 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $88,074 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 188−6.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 10,161
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $315.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 264105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 287The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 915,835+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 383,063
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,812 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $88,074+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,274
- Median home value
- $285,900
- Jobs located here
- 460,466
- Daytime population
- 937,878Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kingston, NY | 57 | 43 | 5.8 | $12M | +1.1% | #142 of 387 |
| 2Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 53 | 178 | 7.0 | $10.3M | +3.0% | #182 of 387 |
| 3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 52 | 264 | 6.9 | $10.1M | +1.9% | #190 of 387 |
| 4Elmira, NY | 51 | 22 | 6.2 | $10M | −3.9% | #199 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 46 | 299 | 6.0 | $11M | −0.8% | #221 of 387 |
| 6Rochester, NY | 46 | 297 | 6.7 | $10M | −0.7% | #225 of 387 |
| 7Ithaca, NY | 40 | 31 | 7.2 | $9.3M | −1.4% | #260 of 387 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 36 | 70 | 6.8 | $9.3M | −1.3% | #287 of 387 |
| 9Utica-Rome, NY | 34 | 87 | 7.2 | $8.9M | −2.0% | #300 of 387 |
| 10Syracuse, NY | 34 | 213 | 7.9 | $8.4M | −1.3% | #301 of 387 |
Other business types in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 stores52
- Grocery stores52
- 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 the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 264 grocery stores in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area. 105 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 188 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, down 6.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area spend on groceries?
About $2.7B a year, or $6,965 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 264 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.1M 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 383,063 households in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area has 6.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.1M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area would have about 287, against 264 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,038 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.9% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area at 915,835 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 383,063 households. The median household income in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area is $88,074 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.6% 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. The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area scores 52 for grocery stores (upper middle), #190 of 387 scored metro areas.
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