Groceries and convenience · County · Washington
Grocery stores in Spokane County, WA
How Spokane County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #515 of 2,070 scored counties
#7 of 34 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 126
- 54 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 85
- +10.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On groceries · $6,017 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 558,344
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $6,017 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Spokane County spend about $1.3B 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.
Spokane County has 126 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 54 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.8 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Spokane County in 2023, up 10.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,569 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $410K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Spokane County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Spokane County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Spokane County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #515 of 2,070 scored counties and #7 of 34 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Spokane 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 | Spokane County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $9.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,569 | 1,931 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.4% | +5.0% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,017 | $6,520 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $78,582 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77 → 85+10.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,563
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $155.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12654 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 141The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $410K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Spokane 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 Spokane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 558,344+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 218,395
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 311
- Median household income
- $78,582+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,315
- Median home value
- $410,700
- Jobs located here
- 243,284
- Daytime population
- 557,028Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Washington, with Spokane County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Spokane County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores73
- Grocery stores66
- Convenience stores76
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 Spokane County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 126 grocery stores in Spokane County. 54 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 10.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Spokane County, WA spend on groceries?
About $1.3B a year, or $6,017 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 126 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 218,395 households in Spokane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Spokane County, WA compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Spokane County has 5.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 15% 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, Spokane County would have about 141, against 126 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,569 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.4% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Spokane County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Spokane County at 558,344 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 218,395 households. The median household income in Spokane County is $78,582 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.1% 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. Spokane County scores 66 for grocery stores (upper middle), #515 of 2,070 scored counties.
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