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How many grocery stores are in the US?

By Louis-Marie Giudicenti. Published . Updated . Data read .

There are 136,806 grocery stores and supermarkets on Google Maps in the US as of November 9, 2026, one for every 2,486 residents. FMI counts 45,575 supermarkets (2024) and the Census 62,947 supermarkets and grocery stores with paid employees (2023). Google Maps adds ethnic grocers, health food stores and corner groceries.

136,806
grocery stores on Google Maps in the US
4.0
per 10,000 residentsone for every 2,486
16,179
in California, the most of any state
6.9
per 10,000 residents in New York, the most of any state

Source: Primavera’s database of Google Maps listings, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. Population: Census 2024 estimates. See method.

Our count next to the Census and the official figures

Each source counts something different: Google Maps lists places, the Census counts businesses with or without paid staff, and federations count their members or their own definition. Here they are side by side.

Number of grocery stores in the US: Primavera’s Google Maps count next to official figures
Source and what it countsYearNumber
Primavera, Google Maps listings: grocery stores open on the map, service points left out2026136,806
FMI, The Food Industry Association, Food Industry Facts: Supermarkets of every format, supercenters, warehouse and club stores included (NielsenIQ TDLinx data)202445,575
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023: Supermarkets and other grocery stores with paid employees, convenience stores excluded (NAICS 445110)202362,947

Primavera’s count is 2.2 times the Census count of establishments with paid employees (62,947 in 2023).

Sources: Census national files and federation pages read on November 9, 2026; Primavera, snapshot 2026-11.

Why the numbers differ

  • Small grocers. Asian, Mexican, Indian and other ethnic grocers, health food stores and gourmet shops are in this count. FMI counts supermarkets only.
  • Dollar stores left out. Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar stores are not counted, though 9,082 of their listings use a grocery category: they sell food, but they are discount stores first.
  • Paid staff. County Business Patterns counts stores with paid employees (62,947); a family-run store with no payroll is not in it.
  • Dates. FMI’s figure describes 2024 and the Census 2023; this count, November 9, 2026.

Which state has the most grocery stores?

California, with 16,179 listings, ahead of New York (13,645). Per resident, New York has the most: 6.9 per 10,000 residents, against 4.0 for the US.

Grocery stores per 10,000 residents, by state

Google Maps listings counted November 9, 2026. US: 4.0 per 10,000 residents.

Delaware: 480 grocery stores, 4.6 per 10,000 residentsDE4.6District of Columbia: 323 grocery stores, 4.6 per 10,000 residentsDC4.6Florida: 8,895 grocery stores, 3.8 per 10,000 residentsFL3.8Georgia: 4,459 grocery stores, 4.0 per 10,000 residentsGA4.0Hawaii: 515 grocery stores, 3.6 per 10,000 residentsHI3.6Idaho: 603 grocery stores, 3.0 per 10,000 residentsID3.0Illinois: 5,271 grocery stores, 4.1 per 10,000 residentsIL4.1Indiana: 2,243 grocery stores, 3.2 per 10,000 residentsIN3.2Iowa: 1,311 grocery stores, 4.0 per 10,000 residentsIA4.0Kansas: 944 grocery stores, 3.2 per 10,000 residentsKS3.2Kentucky: 2,150 grocery stores, 4.7 per 10,000 residentsKY4.7Louisiana: 2,237 grocery stores, 4.9 per 10,000 residentsLA4.9Maine: 614 grocery stores, 4.4 per 10,000 residentsME4.4Maryland: 2,454 grocery stores, 3.9 per 10,000 residentsMD3.9Massachusetts: 2,696 grocery stores, 3.8 per 10,000 residentsMA3.8Michigan: 3,714 grocery stores, 3.7 per 10,000 residentsMI3.7Minnesota: 1,937 grocery stores, 3.3 per 10,000 residentsMN3.3Mississippi: 1,438 grocery stores, 4.9 per 10,000 residentsMS4.9Missouri: 2,112 grocery stores, 3.4 per 10,000 residentsMO3.4Montana: 416 grocery stores, 3.7 per 10,000 residentsMT3.7Nebraska: 835 grocery stores, 4.2 per 10,000 residentsNE4.2Nevada: 841 grocery stores, 2.6 per 10,000 residentsNV2.6New Hampshire: 486 grocery stores, 3.4 per 10,000 residentsNH3.4New Jersey: 5,056 grocery stores, 5.3 per 10,000 residentsNJ5.3New Mexico: 529 grocery stores, 2.5 per 10,000 residentsNM2.5New York: 13,645 grocery stores, 6.9 per 10,000 residentsNY6.9North Carolina: 4,415 grocery stores, 4.0 per 10,000 residentsNC4.0North Dakota: 370 grocery stores, 4.6 per 10,000 residentsND4.6Ohio: 4,388 grocery stores, 3.7 per 10,000 residentsOH3.7Oklahoma: 1,459 grocery stores, 3.6 per 10,000 residentsOK3.6Oregon: 1,714 grocery stores, 4.0 per 10,000 residentsOR4.0Pennsylvania: 6,501 grocery stores, 5.0 per 10,000 residentsPA5.0Rhode Island: 412 grocery stores, 3.7 per 10,000 residentsRI3.7South Carolina: 2,068 grocery stores, 3.8 per 10,000 residentsSC3.8South Dakota: 399 grocery stores, 4.3 per 10,000 residentsSD4.3Tennessee: 3,043 grocery stores, 4.2 per 10,000 residentsTN4.2Texas: 10,159 grocery stores, 3.2 per 10,000 residentsTX3.2Utah: 784 grocery stores, 2.2 per 10,000 residentsUT2.2Vermont: 378 grocery stores, 5.8 per 10,000 residentsVT5.8Virginia: 3,259 grocery stores, 3.7 per 10,000 residentsVA3.7Washington: 2,728 grocery stores, 3.4 per 10,000 residentsWA3.4West Virginia: 727 grocery stores, 4.1 per 10,000 residentsWV4.1Wisconsin: 2,067 grocery stores, 3.5 per 10,000 residentsWI3.5Wyoming: 200 grocery stores, 3.4 per 10,000 residentsWY3.4Alaska: 337 grocery stores, 4.6 per 10,000 residentsAK4.6Connecticut: 1,767 grocery stores, 4.8 per 10,000 residentsCT4.8California: 16,179 grocery stores, 4.1 per 10,000 residentsCA4.1Colorado: 1,715 grocery stores, 2.9 per 10,000 residentsCO2.9Arizona: 1,734 grocery stores, 2.3 per 10,000 residentsAZ2.3Arkansas: 1,292 grocery stores, 4.2 per 10,000 residentsAR4.2Alabama: 2,179 grocery stores, 4.2 per 10,000 residentsAL4.2
  • 2.2–3.3
  • 3.4–3.7
  • 3.8–4.0
  • 4.1–4.6
  • 4.7–6.9

Each square is a state, placed roughly where it is on a map. Darker means more per resident.

US states ranked by grocery stores per 10,000 residents, with the number of grocery stores and its rank
#StateGrocery storesRank by numberPer 10,000 residentsvs US
1New York13,64526.9+2.9
2Vermont378475.8+1.8
3New Jersey5,05675.3+1.3
4Pennsylvania6,50155.0+1.0
5Mississippi1,438304.9+0.9
6Louisiana2,237184.9+0.9
7Connecticut1,767254.8+0.8
8Kentucky2,150204.7+0.7
9North Dakota370484.6+0.6
10District of Columbia323504.6+0.6
11Delaware480434.6+0.6
12Alaska337494.6+0.6
13Maine614384.4+0.4
14South Dakota399464.3+0.3
15Alabama2,179194.2+0.2
16Tennessee3,043134.2+0.2
17Arkansas1,292324.2+0.2
18Nebraska835354.2+0.2
19Illinois5,27164.1+0.1
20West Virginia727374.1+0.1
21California16,17914.1+0.1
22Iowa1,311314.00.0
23Oregon1,714284.00.0
24North Carolina4,41594.00.0
25Georgia4,45984.00.0
26Maryland2,454163.9−0.1
27Florida8,89543.8−0.2
28Massachusetts2,696153.8−0.2
29South Carolina2,068223.8−0.2
30Rhode Island412453.7−0.3
31Virginia3,259123.7−0.3
32Ohio4,388103.7−0.3
33Michigan3,714113.7−0.3
34Montana416443.7−0.3
35Oklahoma1,459293.6−0.4
36Hawaii515413.6−0.4
37Wisconsin2,067233.5−0.5
38New Hampshire486423.4−0.6
39Washington2,728143.4−0.6
40Wyoming200513.4−0.6
41Missouri2,112213.4−0.6
42Minnesota1,937243.3−0.7
43Texas10,15933.2−0.8
44Indiana2,243173.2−0.8
45Kansas944333.2−0.8
46Idaho603393.0−1.0
47Colorado1,715272.9−1.1
48Nevada841342.6−1.4
49New Mexico529402.5−1.5
50Arizona1,734262.3−1.7
51Utah784362.2−1.8

US: 4.0 per 10,000 residents

In number, California (16,179), New York (13,645) and Texas (10,159) lead. Per resident, New York has 3.1 times as many grocery stores as Utah, the lowest.

Source: Primavera, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. 328 grocery stores without a public address could not be placed in a state and are only in the US total.

How grocery stores show up online

Grocery stores in the United States, by kind of contact listed

Share of all 136,806 listings.

Website link42.7%
Phone number82.9%
Email address20.2%
Grocery stores next to all US businesses: website builders, links, ad tags, ratings and chains
MeasureGrocery storesAll US businesses
Websites read45,11112,846,647
Built with WordPress25.3%29.2%
Built with Wix3.9%7.1%
Built with Squarespace2.8%5.6%
Site links to Instagram36.4%35.1%
Site links to Facebook42.8%45.2%
Meta Pixel or other Meta script10.8%8.8%
Google Ads tag9.0%6.1%
Average Google rating4.274.44
Rated under 4 stars17.8%17.4%
Median Google reviews4811
Part of a chain18.2%7.9%

Grocery stores link to a website less often than the average US business: 42.7% against 58.1%. 78,349 grocery stores, 57.3% of them, show no website at all.

Note: Builders, links and tags are shares of the websites Primavera could read (45,111 for grocery stores), social pages and booking platforms excluded. The Meta figure is an upper bound: Meta’s like buttons and chat load the same script as its ad pixel. Sites made with GoDaddy, Weebly or Duda are counted under none of these builders. Ratings: listings with at least one review.

Which chains have the most grocery stores?

18.2% of grocery listings belong to a chain our rules recognize, against 7.9% of all US businesses: by listing, most grocers are independent.

Chains with the most grocery stores listings on Google Maps in the US
ChainListingsShare of grocery stores
Target1,7041.2%
Kroger1,4721.1%
Food Lion1,2680.9%
Save A Lot1,2560.9%
Walmart8680.6%
Trader Joe’s6430.5%
Publix6230.5%
Grocery Outlet5880.4%
Sprouts Farmers Market5330.4%

Note: Many supercenters are filed under other categories (department store, discount store), so large chains show fewer listings here than they have stores. Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar are left out.

What these figures don’t say

  • Store size or sales. A corner grocer and a supercenter count once each.
  • Convenience stores, counted on their own page, and dollar stores, left out.
  • Grocery delivery services with no store.
  • How many companies own these places. A company with several locations counts once per listing.

Questions

Which state has the most grocery stores?

California, with 16,179 listings, ahead of New York (13,645). Per resident, New York has the most: 6.9 per 10,000 residents, against 4.0 for the US.

How many supermarkets are in the US?

45,575 in 2024, according to FMI, The Food Industry Association, from NielsenIQ data. Google Maps lists 136,806 grocery stores and supermarkets in Primavera’s count of November 9, 2026, small grocers included.

How many grocery stores are there per person in the US?

One for every 2,486 residents, or 4.0 per 10,000. New York has the most per resident (6.9).

Method and data

Snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026
What is counted
Open listings on Google Maps in the United States whose main Google category is one of the categories below, or whose main category is generic and another of its categories is: 136,806 listings, counted on October 29, 2026 and read on November 9, 2026. Service points (lockers, charging stations) are left out.
Categories
10 Google Maps categories: Grocery store, Supermarket, Health food store, Asian grocery store, Indian grocery store, Mexican grocery store, Gourmet grocery store, Italian grocery store, Korean grocery store, Discount supermarket.
Left out
Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar stores, whose listings often carry a grocery category: 9,082 listings, tied to these chains by their name and website.
Per resident
Listings for 10,000 residents, with each state’s population from the Census 2024 estimates. States are ranked on the exact ratio.
Official figures
Census County Business Patterns 2023, read on November 9, 2026; federation and agency pages read the same day. Links are in the table above.
Chains
A listing belongs to a chain when its name starts with the chain’s name and its website matches. Agents or franchisees who put their own name first are not tied to the chain.
Cite and download
Louis-Marie Giudicenti (2026). “How many grocery stores are in the US?” Primavera. Data: snapshot 2026-11, November 9, 2026. https://primaverapp.com/en/data/grocery-stores-in-the-us

Permanent link: https://primaverapp.com/en/data/grocery-stores-in-the-us

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Written by Louis-Marie Giudicenti

Founder of Primavera. Primavera sells lists of local businesses built from the same database.

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