Groceries and convenience · County · South Dakota
Grocery stores in Custer County, SD
How Custer County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.3M
- On groceries · $6,144 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,431
- +13.2% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in Custer County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 grocery stores in Custer County. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in Custer County spend about $27.3M a year on groceries, or $6,144 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 grocery stores, that is $13.7M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Custer County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 1,484 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $385K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Custer County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Custer County grew 13.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Custer 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 | Custer County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.7M | $8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,484 | 1,837 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,144 | $6,012 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $84,112 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $385K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,431+13.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,451
- Median age
- 57.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 1,557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $84,112
- Average household income
- $110,413
- Median home value
- $372,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,110
- Daytime population
- 7,755Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Custer County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery stores on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Custer County, SD | Not scored | 2 | 4.5 | $13.7M | +13.2% |
Other business types in Custer County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Custer County, SD?
There are 2 grocery stores on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Custer County, SD spend on groceries?
About $27.3M a year, or $6,144 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $13.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,451 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Custer County has 2 grocery stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Custer County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,484 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Custer County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 9,431 people in 2025, up 13.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,451 households. Median household income in Custer County is $84,112, 4% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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