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Grocery stores in Columbia County, WA
How Columbia County, WA 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
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.7M
- On groceries · $5,724 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 71% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.5
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,141
- +4.7% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in Columbia County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 grocery stores in Columbia County. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,724 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Columbia County spend about $10.7M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.7M per store, 71% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Columbia County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Columbia County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, 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 Columbia County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Columbia County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.5 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $9.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,931 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.0% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,724 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,810 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,141+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 1,862
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 869 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $71,810
- Average household income
- $88,239
- Median home value
- $271,200
- Jobs located here
- 1,408
- Daytime population
- 3,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Columbia 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 Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clark County, WA | 81 | 97 | 4.9 | $13.1M | +5.3% | #169 of 2,070 |
| 2Kitsap County, WA | 71 | 59 | 5.4 | $12.1M | +2.7% | #377 of 2,070 |
| 3Snohomish County, WA | 70 | 188 | 5.9 | $11.4M | +4.9% | #408 of 2,070 |
| 4Benton County, WA | 68 | 52 | 6.7 | $9.4M | +6.9% | #466 of 2,070 |
| 5Pierce County, WA | 67 | 185 | 5.3 | $12.4M | +2.5% | #477 of 2,070 |
| 6Thurston County, WA | 67 | 70 | 5.9 | $10.8M | +2.8% | #483 of 2,070 |
| 7Spokane County, WA | 66 | 126 | 5.8 | $10.4M | +3.2% | #515 of 2,070 |
| 8Cowlitz County, WA | 64 | 22 | 5.0 | $11.8M | +3.5% | #563 of 2,070 |
| 9Douglas County, WA | 60 | 10 | 6.3 | $9.9M | +8.0% | #679 of 2,070 |
| 10Franklin County, WA | 59 | 20 | 6.7 | $9.3M | +5.6% | #722 of 2,070 |
| Columbia County, WA | Not scored | 4 | 21.5 | $2.7M | +4.7% |
Other business types in Columbia 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 Columbia County, WA?
There are 4 grocery stores on map listings in Columbia County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Columbia County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Columbia County, WA spend on groceries?
About $10.7M a year, or $5,724 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,862 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, WA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Columbia County has 21.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $2.7M, 71% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Columbia County would have about 1, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Columbia County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 4,141 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,862 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $71,810, 11% 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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