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Grocery stores in Albemarle County, VA
The grocery stores in Albemarle County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #359 of 2,070 scored counties
#22 of 94 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 30
- 13 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $311M
- On groceries · $6,774 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,356
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,774 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Albemarle County spend about $311M a year on groceries. That works out to $10.4M per store, 12% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Albemarle County has 30 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Albemarle County in 2023. That is one for every 2,416 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Albemarle County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, Albemarle County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #359 of 2,070 scored counties and #22 of 94 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Albemarle County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Albemarle County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $9.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,416 | 2,270 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,774 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $104,392 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 1,311
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $39.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3013 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Albemarle 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 Albemarle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,356+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 45,912
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 721 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $104,392+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,846
- Median home value
- $495,400
- Jobs located here
- 57,660
- Daytime population
- 124,085Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stafford County, VA | 90 | 27 | 5.2 | $14.3M | +8.3% | #54 of 2,070 |
| 2Orange County, VA | 89 | 8 | 5.4 | $12.1M | +10.1% | #64 of 2,070 |
| 3Fauquier County, VA | 87 | 15 | 5.6 | $12.8M | +4.8% | #85 of 2,070 |
| 4York County, VA | 85 | 9 | 3.3 | $20.6M | +1.6% | #105 of 2,070 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 84 | 6 | 6.5 | $10.8M | +21.2% | #126 of 2,070 |
| 6Bedford County, VA | 83 | 16 | 4.8 | $12.7M | +4.4% | #139 of 2,070 |
| 7Caroline County, VA | 83 | 6 | 5.0 | $12.6M | +11.3% | #140 of 2,070 |
| 8Chesterfield County, VA | 81 | 70 | 5.0 | $13.4M | +8.7% | #167 of 2,070 |
| 9Frederick County, VA | 81 | 22 | 6.2 | $10.6M | +8.8% | #179 of 2,070 |
| 10Loudoun County, VA | 80 | 88 | 6.2 | $13M | +6.4% | #192 of 2,070 |
| 22Albemarle County, VA | 72 | 30 | 6.5 | $10.4M | +5.1% | #359 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Albemarle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores72
- Convenience stores72
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 Albemarle County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 grocery stores in Albemarle County. 13 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Albemarle County, VA spend on groceries?
About $311M a year, or $6,774 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.4M 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 45,912 households in Albemarle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Albemarle County, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Albemarle County has 6.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.4M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Albemarle County would have about 34, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,416 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Albemarle County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Albemarle County at 118,356 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,912 households. The median household income in Albemarle County is $104,392 a year, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Albemarle County scores 72 for grocery stores (upper middle), #359 of 2,070 scored counties.
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