Groceries and convenience · County · Virginia
Grocery stores in Martinsville city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Martinsville city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30M
- On groceries · $5,258 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,849
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,258 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Martinsville city spend about $30M a year on groceries. That works out to $7.5M per store, 19% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 4 grocery stores on map listings in Martinsville city as of September 2026. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Martinsville city classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,428 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Martinsville city grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 grocery stores on map listings, Martinsville city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Martinsville city 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 | Martinsville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $9.9M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,428 | 2,270 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,258 | $6,537 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $46,727 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 203
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 chain locations
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Martinsville city, 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 Martinsville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,849+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,711
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 11 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,247
- Median household income
- $46,727+36.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,985
- Median home value
- $98,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,670
- Daytime population
- 16,559Residents 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 |
| Martinsville city, VA | Not scored | 4 | 7.0 | $7.5M | +2.8% |
Other business types in Martinsville city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores19
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores19
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 Martinsville city, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 grocery stores in Martinsville city. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Martinsville city, VA spend on groceries?
About $30M a year, or $5,258 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 5,711 households in Martinsville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Martinsville city, VA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Martinsville city has 7.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $7.5M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Martinsville city would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,428 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Martinsville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Martinsville city at 13,849 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,711 households. The median household income in Martinsville city is $46,727 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.0% 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. Martinsville city has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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