Groceries and convenience · County · North Carolina
Grocery stores in Bertie County, NC
The grocery stores in Bertie County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On groceries · $5,391 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.6M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,086
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 grocery stores in Bertie County. That comes to 5.6 for every 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in Bertie County comes to about $38.5M a year: $5,391 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 grocery stores, that is $9.6M per store, 4% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Bertie County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Bertie County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 grocery stores on map listings, Bertie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bertie County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Bertie County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.6M | $8.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,134 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,391 | $6,016 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,750 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Bertie 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 Bertie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,086−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,143
- Median age
- 47.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $48,750+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,465
- Median home value
- $98,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,889
- Daytime population
- 15,340Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hoke County, NC | 81 | 5 | 2.6 | $22.1M | +9.0% | #159 of 2,070 |
| 2Lincoln County, NC | 79 | 21 | 5.7 | $10.9M | +13.2% | #225 of 2,070 |
| 3Davie County, NC | 77 | 10 | 5.8 | $10.6M | +6.9% | #258 of 2,070 |
| 4Brunswick County, NC | 76 | 39 | 5.6 | $10.8M | +26.5% | #278 of 2,070 |
| 5Durham County, NC | 75 | 86 | 6.1 | $10.4M | +7.7% | #304 of 2,070 |
| 6Cabarrus County, NC | 74 | 49 | 5.8 | $11M | +9.9% | #321 of 2,070 |
| 7Rowan County, NC | 71 | 31 | 5.3 | $11M | +5.6% | #388 of 2,070 |
| 8Wake County, NC | 70 | 305 | 6.6 | $10.3M | +11.2% | #412 of 2,070 |
| 9Union County, NC | 70 | 60 | 7.1 | $9.5M | +11.7% | #420 of 2,070 |
| 10Chatham County, NC | 69 | 23 | 7.0 | $9.5M | +11.0% | #444 of 2,070 |
| Bertie County, NC | Not scored | 4 | 5.6 | $9.6M | −3.6% |
Other business types in Bertie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores34
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores28
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 Bertie County, NC?
There are 4 grocery stores on map listings in Bertie County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Bertie County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bertie County, NC spend on groceries?
About $38.5M a year, or $5,391 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,143 households in Bertie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bertie County, NC compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Bertie County has 5.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.6M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending.
How fast is Bertie County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Bertie County at 17,086 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,143 households. Median household income in Bertie County is $48,750, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.2%, 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. Bertie County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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