Groceries and convenience · County · Wisconsin
Grocery stores in Taylor County, WI
How Taylor County, WI 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #880 of 2,070 scored counties
#29 of 61 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $46.9M
- On groceries · $5,827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,118
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Taylor County spend about $46.9M a year on groceries, or $5,827 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 grocery stores, that is $9.4M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Taylor County has 5 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 9% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Taylor County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taylor County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Taylor County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #880 of 2,070 scored counties and #29 of 61 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Taylor County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Taylor County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.4M | $9.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,540 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.1% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,827 | $6,105 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,350 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 49 |
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
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Taylor 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 Taylor County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,118+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 8,046
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 975 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $69,350+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,692
- Median home value
- $197,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,954
- Daytime population
- 18,970Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calumet County, WI | 87 | 7 | 3.3 | $19.4M | +2.9% | #78 of 2,070 |
| 2St. Croix County, WI | 87 | 17 | 4.5 | $14.8M | +4.7% | #81 of 2,070 |
| 3Waukesha County, WI | 82 | 83 | 4.9 | $13.8M | +2.4% | #154 of 2,070 |
| 4Dane County, WI | 81 | 130 | 5.2 | $12.5M | +4.9% | #172 of 2,070 |
| 5Ozaukee County, WI | 80 | 18 | 4.7 | $14.2M | +3.0% | #188 of 2,070 |
| 6Outagamie County, WI | 80 | 36 | 4.6 | $13.7M | +2.6% | #189 of 2,070 |
| 7Washington County, WI | 79 | 26 | 4.6 | $14.3M | +1.8% | #215 of 2,070 |
| 8Eau Claire County, WI | 77 | 24 | 5.4 | $11.3M | +3.0% | #254 of 2,070 |
| 9Chippewa County, WI | 73 | 13 | 4.8 | $12.5M | +1.9% | #337 of 2,070 |
| 10Winnebago County, WI | 73 | 36 | 5.0 | $12.1M | +1.4% | #338 of 2,070 |
| 29Taylor County, WI | 54 | 5 | 6.2 | $9.4M | +0.9% | #880 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Taylor County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores41
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores50
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 Taylor County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery stores in Taylor County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Taylor County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Taylor County, WI spend on groceries?
About $46.9M a year, or $5,827 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 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 8,046 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Taylor County, WI compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Taylor County has 6.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 9% 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.
How fast is Taylor County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Taylor County at 20,118 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,046 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $69,350 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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. Taylor County scores 54 for grocery stores (upper middle), #880 of 2,070 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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