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Grocery stores in Griggs County, ND

How Griggs County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.7M
On groceries · $5,792 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
20.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
2,239
−2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in Griggs County comes to about $5.7M a year: $5,792 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 2 grocery stores on map listings in Griggs County as of September 2026. That is 20.2 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Griggs County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Griggs County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Griggs County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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.

Grocery stores in Griggs County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureGriggs CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.27.76.8
Spending per listing$2.9M$7.9M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,9712,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.6%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,792$6,077$6,319
Median household income$61,711$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

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
22 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Griggs 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 Griggs County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,239−2.5% since 2020
Households
992
Median age
52.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
709 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$61,711
Average household income
$98,144
Median home value
$119,300
Jobs located here
796
Daytime population
2,070Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for grocery stores, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Griggs County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Burleigh County, ND86153.6$17.4M+4.7%#93 of 2,070
2Morton County, ND7953.6$17.1M+3.8%#209 of 2,070
3Cass County, ND74495.8$10.4M+9.1%#329 of 2,070
4Williams County, ND71106.6$9.6M+1.4%#392 of 2,070
5Ward County, ND68134.6$13.5M−2.4%#451 of 2,070
6Stark County, ND63107.4$8.2M+0.5%#601 of 2,070
7Grand Forks County, ND56206.4$9.2M+1.9%#811 of 2,070
8Stutsman County, ND5255.3$10.8M−0.6%#929 of 2,070
9Richland County, ND37811.7$5.2M+1.2%#1,469 of 2,070
10Rolette County, ND9615.9$3.5M−4.1%#2,030 of 2,070
Griggs County, NDNot scored220.2$2.9M−2.5%

Other business types in Griggs County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Griggs County, ND?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 grocery stores in Griggs County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Griggs County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Griggs County, ND spend on groceries?

About $5.7M a year, or $5,792 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 992 households in Griggs County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Griggs County, ND compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Griggs County has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Griggs County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Griggs County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Griggs County at 2,239 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 992 households. The median household income in Griggs County is $61,711 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Griggs County

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