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Grocery stores in the Mansfield, OH metro area

How the Mansfield, OH metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #216 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
27
14 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$279.4M
On groceries · $5,575 a household
Spending per listing
$10.3M
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,893
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 grocery stores in the Mansfield metro area. 14 of them (52%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.4, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

At $5,575 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Mansfield metro area spend about $279.4M a year on groceries. Spread across 27 grocery stores, that is $10.3M per store, 11% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Mansfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,132 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $599K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Mansfield metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Mansfield metro area declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery stores, the Mansfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #216 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Mansfield metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Mansfield, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMansfield metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.46.16.8
Spending per listing$10.3M$9.8M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,1322,5692,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,575$5,967$6,319
Median household income$59,509$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score4750

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16
Employees, 2023
713
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2714 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$599K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Mansfield 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 Mansfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,893−0.1% since 2020
Households
50,111
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
495 sq. mi.
People per square mile
253
Median household income
$59,509+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,578
Median home value
$164,800
Jobs located here
47,696
Daytime population
122,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Ohio

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Mansfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH671674.8$12.3M+1.5%#77 of 387
2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN635165.7$10.9M+2.7%#95 of 387
3Columbus, OH625346.2$10.2M+4.7%#108 of 387
4Sandusky, OH51295.7$10.5M−2.6%#197 of 387
5Mansfield, OH47275.4$10.3M−0.1%#216 of 387
6Akron, OH471796.0$9.9M0.0%#217 of 387
7Toledo, OH451485.8$10M−1.0%#231 of 387
8Springfield, OH45325.7$9.9M−0.4%#232 of 387
9Lima, OH44204.8$11.8M−1.2%#234 of 387
10Canton-Massillon, OH401036.2$9.4M−0.2%#259 of 387

Other business types in the Mansfield metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Mansfield, OH metro area?

There are 27 grocery stores on map listings in the Mansfield metro area as of September 2026. 14 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Mansfield, OH metro area spend on groceries?

About $279.4M a year, or $5,575 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.3M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,111 households in the Mansfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Mansfield, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

The Mansfield metro area has 5.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.3M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Mansfield metro area would have about 30, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,132 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is the Mansfield, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Mansfield metro area at 124,893 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,111 households. Median household income in the Mansfield metro area is $59,509, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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 Mansfield metro area scores 47 for grocery stores (lower middle), #216 of 387 scored metro areas.

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