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Grocery stores in Fall River County, SD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Fall River County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$20.6M
On groceries · $5,665 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.0
62% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,467
+7.1% 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

Households in Fall River County spend about $20.6M a year on groceries, or $5,665 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 grocery stores, that is $5.1M per store, 45% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Fall River County has 4 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 11.0 for every 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Fall River County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Fall River County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, 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 Fall River 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.

Grocery stores in Fall River County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureFall River CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.07.56.8
Spending per listing$5.1M$8M$9.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8372,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.5%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,665$6,012$6,319
Median household income$67,917$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored36

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Fall River 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 Fall River County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,467+7.1% since 2020
Households
3,632
Median age
54.2
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,740 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$67,917
Average household income
$82,682
Median home value
$193,200
Jobs located here
2,357
Daytime population
7,046Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for grocery stores, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Fall River County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD85124.3$15.4M+17.5%#110 of 2,070
2Pennington County, SD77265.6$10.7M+6.6%#257 of 2,070
3Brookings County, SD7285.8$10.2M+9.6%#361 of 2,070
4Meade County, SD7154.2$14.6M+2.7%#365 of 2,070
5Lawrence County, SD7054.1$14.1M+14.0%#403 of 2,070
6Minnehaha County, SD64607.1$8.7M+7.6%#580 of 2,070
7Brown County, SD5374.3$13.7M−1.7%#899 of 2,070
8Roberts County, SD22616.6$3.5M−0.1%#1,855 of 2,070
9Beadle County, SD211418.6$3.1M+2.4%#1,877 of 2,070
Fall River County, SDNot scored411.0$5.1M+7.1%

Other business types in Fall River County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Fall River County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 grocery stores in Fall River County. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Fall River County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Fall River County, SD spend on groceries?

About $20.6M a year, or $5,665 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 3,632 households in Fall River County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fall River County, SD compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Fall River County has 11.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 62% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.1M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Fall River County would have about 2, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Fall River County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Fall River County at 7,467 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,632 households. The median household income in Fall River County is $67,917 a year, 16% below 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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How the score works · Top markets for grocery stores · All 56 business types in Fall River County

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