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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Oklahoma

Grocery stores in the Ada, OK area

How the Ada, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #167 of 506 scored small-town markets
#8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$85.8M
On groceries · $5,667 a household
Spending per listing
$9.5M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,528
+1.2% 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 9 grocery stores in the Ada area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.9 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Households in the Ada area spend about $85.8M a year on groceries, or $5,667 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 3% 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 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Ada area in 2023. That is one for every 2,522 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ada area grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in the Ada area is 59 (upper middle), #167 of 506 scored small-town markets and #8 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Ada area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Ada, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureAda areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.95.56.8
Spending per listing$9.5M$10.6M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,5223,1312,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,667$5,787$6,319
Median household income$63,017$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score5967

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
167
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 the Ada 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 Ada area

Population, 2025 estimate
38,528+1.2% since 2020
Households
15,134
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
720 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$63,017+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,010
Median home value
$175,400
Jobs located here
20,048
Daytime population
41,723Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Oklahoma

Every Oklahoma market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ada area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shawnee, OK83103.7$15M+3.5%#20 of 506
2Durant, OK7994.9$11.3M+10.9%#29 of 506
3Stillwater, OK7872.1$25.2M+2.8%#31 of 506
4Tahlequah, OK7784.3$12.7M+4.5%#34 of 506
5Duncan, OK72116.3$9M+3.4%#62 of 506
6Bartlesville, OK69125.7$10M+2.7%#81 of 506
7McAlester, OK6673.9$13.9M−1.1%#98 of 506
8Ada, OK5995.9$9.5M+1.2%#167 of 506
9Miami, OK5754.2$12.5M+0.7%#183 of 506
10Ponca City, OK5784.8$11.7M−0.3%#184 of 506

Other business types in the Ada area

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Ada, OK area?

There are 9 grocery stores on map listings in the Ada area as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Ada, OK area spend on groceries?

About $85.8M a year, or $5,667 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,134 households in the Ada area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Ada, OK area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

The Ada area has 5.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,522 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is the Ada, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Ada area at 38,528 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,134 households. Median household income in the Ada area is $63,017, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. 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 Ada area scores 59 for grocery stores (upper middle), #167 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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