Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Washington
Grocery stores in the Pullman, WA area
How the Pullman, WA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #291 of 506 scored small-town markets
#6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington
- Listings
- 11
- 5 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $103.5M
- On groceries · $5,528 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,512
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,528 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Pullman area spend about $103.5M a year on groceries. That is about $9.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 11 grocery stores on map listings in the Pullman area as of September 2026. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.9 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Pullman area in 2023. That is one for every 1,702 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Pullman area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pullman area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Pullman area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #291 of 506 scored small-town markets and #6 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Washington.
How the Pullman area 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 | Pullman area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.4M | $9.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,702 | 1,931 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.0% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,528 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $55,406 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 224
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Pullman area, 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 the Pullman area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,512+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,721
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 47%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,159 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,406+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,165
- Median home value
- $359,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,571
- Daytime population
- 49,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Washington for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Washington, with the Pullman area marked.
Top small-town markets in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Port Angeles, WA | 61 | 21 | 6.0 | $9.7M | +1.1% | #143 of 506 |
| 2Ellensburg, WA | 61 | 13 | 6.5 | $9.2M | +4.2% | #145 of 506 |
| 3Port Townsend, WA | 59 | 10 | 6.1 | $9.7M | +2.7% | #166 of 506 |
| 4Shelton, WA | 56 | 27 | 10.4 | $5.9M | +7.8% | #215 of 506 |
| 5Oak Harbor, WA | 51 | 29 | 8.1 | $7.8M | −1.5% | #260 of 506 |
| 6Pullman, WA | 47 | 11 | 5.9 | $9.4M | +1.5% | #291 of 506 |
| 7Centralia, WA | 45 | 29 | 8.8 | $6.7M | +6.7% | #318 of 506 |
| 8Moses Lake, WA | 34 | 46 | 13.0 | $4.5M | +6.3% | #406 of 506 |
| 9Othello, WA | 31 | 7 | 11.1 | $5.1M | +4.3% | #421 of 506 |
| 10Aberdeen, WA | 26 | 38 | 12.4 | $4.5M | +3.0% | #443 of 506 |
Other business types in the Pullman area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores47
- 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 the Pullman, WA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 grocery stores in the Pullman area. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Pullman, WA area spend on groceries?
About $103.5M a year, or $5,528 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.4M 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 18,721 households in the Pullman area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pullman, WA area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Pullman area has 5.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,702 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pullman, WA area growing?
Population estimates put the Pullman area at 48,512 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,721 households. The median household income in the Pullman area is $55,406 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Pullman area scores 47 for grocery stores (lower middle), #291 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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