Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Grocery stores in Beadle County, SD
The grocery stores in Beadle County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,877 of 2,070 scored counties
#9 of 9 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $43.4M
- On groceries · $5,757 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.6
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,624
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Beadle County is 21 (low), #1,877 of 2,070 scored counties and #9 of 9 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Beadle County comes to about $43.4M a year: $5,757 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 67% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 14 grocery stores on map listings in Beadle County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 18.6 per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Beadle County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,077 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Beadle County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Beadle County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Beadle County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.6 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,077 | 1,837 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,757 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,681 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Beadle 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 Beadle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,624+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,536
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,259 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $67,681+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $175,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,288
- Daytime population
- 18,287Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 85 | 12 | 4.3 | $15.4M | +17.5% | #110 of 2,070 |
| 2Pennington County, SD | 77 | 26 | 5.6 | $10.7M | +6.6% | #257 of 2,070 |
| 3Brookings County, SD | 72 | 8 | 5.8 | $10.2M | +9.6% | #361 of 2,070 |
| 4Meade County, SD | 71 | 5 | 4.2 | $14.6M | +2.7% | #365 of 2,070 |
| 5Lawrence County, SD | 70 | 5 | 4.1 | $14.1M | +14.0% | #403 of 2,070 |
| 6Minnehaha County, SD | 64 | 60 | 7.1 | $8.7M | +7.6% | #580 of 2,070 |
| 7Brown County, SD | 53 | 7 | 4.3 | $13.7M | −1.7% | #899 of 2,070 |
| 8Roberts County, SD | 22 | 6 | 16.6 | $3.5M | −0.1% | #1,855 of 2,070 |
| 9Beadle County, SD | 21 | 14 | 18.6 | $3.1M | +2.4% | #1,877 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Beadle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores21
- Convenience stores40
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 Beadle County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 grocery stores in Beadle County. None of them 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 Beadle County, SD spend on groceries?
About $43.4M a year, or $5,757 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 7,536 households in Beadle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Beadle County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Beadle County has 18.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $3.1M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Beadle County would have about 5, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,077 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Beadle County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Beadle County at 19,624 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,536 households. The median household income in Beadle County is $67,681 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. 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. Beadle County scores 21 for grocery stores (low), #1,877 of 2,070 scored counties.
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