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Grocery stores in the Bend, OR metro area

How the Bend, OR 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #92 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
61
27 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
45
+4.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$660.9M
On groceries · $6,322 a household
Spending per listing
$10.8M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.8
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
266,376
+7.0% 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 $6,322 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Bend metro area spend about $660.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 61 grocery stores, that is $10.8M per store, 17% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

There are 61 grocery stores on map listings in the Bend metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 27 are chain locations, or 44%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.8 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Bend metro area was 45 in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019. That is one for every 2,323 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $510K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Bend metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Bend metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Bend metro area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #92 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Bend metro area compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Bend, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureBend metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.86.96.8
Spending per listing$10.8M$8.9M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,3232,2822,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.7%+1.6%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,322$6,152$6,319
Median household income$89,788$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score6442

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
45+4.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,299
Annual payroll, 2023
$86M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6127 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$510K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
266,376+7.0% since 2020
Households
104,529
Median age
43.7
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
7,778 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$89,788
Average household income
$121,236
Median home value
$602,600
Jobs located here
104,129
Daytime population
248,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Oregon

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

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bend, OR64615.8$10.8M+7.0%#92 of 387
2Corvallis, OR62205.2$11.6M+4.4%#104 of 387
3Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA606026.0$10.9M+1.0%#125 of 387
4Salem, OR56996.2$9.7M+2.7%#156 of 387
5Albany, OR44377.3$8M+3.0%#240 of 387
6Eugene-Springfield, OR32996.2$9.4M−0.7%#309 of 387
7Medford, OR24626.7$8.7M−0.9%#350 of 387
8Grants Pass, OR12349.3$6.1M−0.4%#384 of 387

Other business types in the Bend metro area

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Bend, OR metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 61 grocery stores in the Bend metro area. 27 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Bend, OR metro area spend on groceries?

About $660.9M a year, or $6,322 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 61 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.8M 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 104,529 households in the Bend metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Bend, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

The Bend metro area has 5.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.8M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Bend metro area would have about 71, against 61 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,323 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.7% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Bend, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Bend metro area at 266,376 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,529 households. The median household income in the Bend metro area is $89,788 a year, 11% above 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 Bend metro area scores 64 for grocery stores (upper middle), #92 of 387 scored metro areas.

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