Groceries and convenience · County · North Carolina
Grocery stores in Cabarrus County, NC
The grocery stores in Cabarrus County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #321 of 2,070 scored counties
#6 of 87 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 49
- 30 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $540.7M
- On groceries · $6,418 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 249,725
- +9.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,418 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Cabarrus County spend about $540.7M a year on groceries. That is about $11M of household spending for each store on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Cabarrus County has 49 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 61% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 15% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 36 businesses with payroll in Cabarrus County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 2,340 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Cabarrus County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cabarrus County grew 9.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cabarrus County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #321 of 2,070 scored counties and #6 of 87 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cabarrus 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 | Cabarrus County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 7.4 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $11M | $8.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,340 | 2,134 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | +3.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,418 | $6,016 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $89,005 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 36−10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,254
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4930 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Cabarrus 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 Cabarrus County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 249,725+9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 84,246
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 654
- Median household income
- $89,005+32.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,945
- Median home value
- $354,800
- Jobs located here
- 88,944
- Daytime population
- 211,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for grocery stores, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Cabarrus County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Cabarrus County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores82
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores87
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 Cabarrus County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 grocery stores in Cabarrus County. 30 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Cabarrus County, NC spend on groceries?
About $540.7M a year, or $6,418 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $11M 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 84,246 households in Cabarrus County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cabarrus County, NC compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Cabarrus County has 5.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $11M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Cabarrus County would have about 58, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,340 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Cabarrus County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Cabarrus County at 249,725 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,246 households. The median household income in Cabarrus County is $89,005 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.2% 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. Cabarrus County scores 74 for grocery stores (upper middle), #321 of 2,070 scored counties.
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