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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Oklahoma

Grocery stores in the Bartlesville, OK area

How the Bartlesville, 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #81 of 506 scored small-town markets
#6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
12
6 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$119.8M
On groceries · $5,714 a household
Spending per listing
$10M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.7
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,037
+2.7% 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

Households in the Bartlesville area spend about $119.8M a year on groceries, or $5,714 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 grocery stores, that is $10M per store, 7% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

The Bartlesville area has 12 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Bartlesville area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,994 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Bartlesville area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in the Bartlesville area is 69 (upper middle), #81 of 506 scored small-town markets and #6 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Bartlesville 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 Bartlesville, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureBartlesville areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.75.56.8
Spending per listing$10M$10.6M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,9943,1312,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,714$5,787$6,319
Median household income$60,162$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score6967

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
175
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
126 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Bartlesville 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 Bartlesville area

Population, 2025 estimate
54,037+2.7% since 2020
Households
20,957
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
416 sq. mi.
People per square mile
128
Median household income
$60,162+9.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,082
Median home value
$173,200
Jobs located here
19,046
Daytime population
50,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Oklahoma

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

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 grocery stores in the Bartlesville area. 6 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

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

About $119.8M a year, or $5,714 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 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 20,957 households in the Bartlesville area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Bartlesville area has 5.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Bartlesville area would have about 13, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,994 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is the Bartlesville, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Bartlesville area at 54,037 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,957 households. The median household income in the Bartlesville area is $60,162 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 9.4% 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 Bartlesville area scores 69 for grocery stores (upper middle), #81 of 506 scored small-town markets.

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