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Grocery stores in Beaver County, PA

How Beaver County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #374 of 2,070 scored counties
#14 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
38
15 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
23
+15.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$470.1M
On groceries · $6,506 a household
Spending per listing
$12.4M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
166,032
−1.1% 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

Household spending on groceries in Beaver County comes to about $470.1M a year: $6,506 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $12.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Beaver County has 38 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Beaver County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 3,142 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Beaver County.

Population estimates show Beaver County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Beaver County is 71 (upper middle), #374 of 2,070 scored counties and #14 of 62 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Beaver County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Beaver County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureBeaver CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.37.26.8
Spending per listing$12.4M$9.4M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,1422,0742,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.0%−2.1%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,506$6,738$6,319
Median household income$71,089$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score7148

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 23+15.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,030
Annual payroll, 2023
$22.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3815 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Beaver County, 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 Beaver County

Population, 2025 estimate
166,032−1.1% since 2020
Households
72,257
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
435 sq. mi.
People per square mile
383
Median household income
$71,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,466
Median home value
$190,900
Jobs located here
50,483
Daytime population
141,776Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Beaver County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Adams County, PA89174.2$16.4M+3.6%#61 of 2,070
2Pike County, PA87135.4$12.7M+7.2%#86 of 2,070
3Chester County, PA841266.2$12.8M+4.2%#123 of 2,070
4York County, PA81975.3$12.8M+3.6%#170 of 2,070
5Washington County, PA78455.1$13.3M+0.7%#230 of 2,070
6Bucks County, PA771305.2$14.6M+0.3%#243 of 2,070
7Butler County, PA76516.3$11.1M+3.2%#275 of 2,070
8Cumberland County, PA76716.7$10.5M+6.5%#280 of 2,070
9Northampton County, PA75766.2$11.3M+3.7%#300 of 2,070
10Montgomery County, PA741925.7$13.3M+2.4%#311 of 2,070
14Beaver County, PA71385.3$12.4M−1.1%#374 of 2,070

Other business types in Beaver County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Beaver County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 grocery stores in Beaver County. 15 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 15.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Beaver County, PA spend on groceries?

About $470.1M a year, or $6,506 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12.4M 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 72,257 households in Beaver County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Beaver County, PA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Beaver County has 5.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $12.4M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Beaver County would have about 51, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,142 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Beaver County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Beaver County at 166,032 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 72,257 households. The median household income in Beaver County is $71,089 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. 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. Beaver County scores 71 for grocery stores (upper middle), #374 of 2,070 scored counties.

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