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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Ohio

Grocery stores in the Marietta, OH area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Marietta, OH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #247 of 506 scored small-town markets
#19 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
14
7 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$140.4M
On groceries · $5,666 a household
Spending per listing
$10M
8% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
58,389
−2.1% 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

At $5,666 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Marietta area spend about $140.4M a year on groceries. Spread across 14 grocery stores, that is $10M per store, 8% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

The Marietta area has 14 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Marietta area in 2023. That is one for every 2,478 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $565K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Marietta area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Marietta area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery stores, the Marietta area has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #247 of 506 scored small-town markets and #19 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Marietta 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 Marietta, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureMarietta areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.66.16.8
Spending per listing$10M$9.8M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,4782,5692,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,666$5,967$6,319
Median household income$63,603$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5250

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
401
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
147 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$565K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
58,389−2.1% since 2020
Households
24,779
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
632 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$63,603+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,514
Median home value
$185,600
Jobs located here
24,033
Daytime population
57,878Residents 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 small-town markets in Ohio for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Marietta area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wapakoneta, OH7584.2$14.4M−1.2%#41 of 506
2Defiance, OH7274.6$12.9M+0.1%#58 of 506
3Sidney, OH69115.8$10.3M−0.2%#78 of 506
4Bucyrus, OH6752.8$20.1M−0.3%#92 of 506
5Fremont, OH63135.3$10.8M−0.4%#121 of 506
6Coshocton, OH6174.7$11.5M+1.6%#140 of 506
7Zanesville, OH61174.9$11.4M+0.7%#141 of 506
8Findlay, OH61257.9$7.5M+0.1%#152 of 506
9Tiffin, OH6094.0$14.1M−1.0%#154 of 506
10Wilmington, OH60137.8$7.6M+0.6%#159 of 506
19Marietta, OH52145.6$10M−2.1%#247 of 506

Other business types in the Marietta area

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Marietta, OH area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 grocery stores in the Marietta area. 7 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

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

About $140.4M a year, or $5,666 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10M 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 24,779 households in the Marietta area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Marietta area has 5.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Marietta area would have about 15, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,478 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is the Marietta, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Marietta area at 58,389 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,779 households. The median household income in the Marietta area is $63,603 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.2% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Marietta area scores 52 for grocery stores (upper middle), #247 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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