Groceries and convenience · County · Rhode Island
Grocery stores in Newport County, RI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Newport County, RI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #641 of 2,070 scored counties
#4 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $270.8M
- On groceries · $7,346 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12.9M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,051
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Newport County comes to about $270.8M a year: $7,346 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That is about $12.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Newport County has 21 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 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 Newport County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 2,048 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Newport County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Newport County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #641 of 2,070 scored counties and #4 of 5 scored counties in Rhode Island.
How Newport County compares
The same measures for Rhode Island 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.
| Measure | Newport County | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $12.9M | $10.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,048 | 2,165 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +1.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,346 | $6,948 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $103,514 | $87,796 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 823
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Newport 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 Newport County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,051−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 36,868
- Median age
- 46.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 102 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 826
- Median household income
- $103,514+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $138,641
- Median home value
- $609,700
- Jobs located here
- 36,087
- Daytime population
- 83,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Rhode Island
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kent County, RI | 86 | 31 | 4.3 | $16.7M | +1.8% | #96 of 2,070 |
| 2Bristol County, RI | 79 | 10 | 5.0 | $15.2M | −1.5% | #213 of 2,070 |
| 3Washington County, RI | 66 | 26 | 4.9 | $15M | 0.0% | #495 of 2,070 |
| 4Newport County, RI | 61 | 21 | 5.7 | $12.9M | −2.9% | #641 of 2,070 |
| 5Providence County, RI | 57 | 200 | 7.7 | $8.7M | +2.8% | #781 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Newport County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores61
- Convenience stores59
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in Newport County, RI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 grocery stores in Newport County. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Newport County, RI spend on groceries?
About $270.8M a year, or $7,346 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12.9M 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 36,868 households in Newport County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newport County, RI compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Newport County has 5.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $12.9M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Newport County would have about 29, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,048 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Newport County, RI growing?
Population estimates put Newport County at 83,051 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,868 households. The median household income in Newport County is $103,514 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.3% 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. Newport County scores 61 for grocery stores (upper middle), #641 of 2,070 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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