Home / Grocery stores & supermarkets / Washington

Grocery stores in Washington

How many grocery stores exist per person present (residents + daytime workers) across the 11 Washington counties we cover, by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Data: Census ZBP 2023 + ACS 2024 + BLS QCEW.

Includes: Supermarkets · Grocery stores · Neighborhood food markets. Counted together because official statistics use one 445110 code.

State verdict (covered counties): In line with the U.S. rate — 94% of the U.S. rate

Counties covered

in Washington

Grocery stores

1,148

establishments (2023)

Per 10,000 present

1.5

residents + 0.5×workers

U.S. average

1.6

per 10,000 present

State index

94%

vs. U.S.

Residents

6,541,140

in covered counties

Workers

2,642,012

jobs in covered counties

Coverage. This page aggregates only the 11 Washington counties BizGapMap covers — not the whole state. Counts and the index reflect those counties. The aggregate index uses only ZIP cells Census published, so it is a lower bound. Density is a supply-side signal: it counts existing grocery stores and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more.

Counties in Washington

City	County	Grocery stores	Residents	Workers	Per 10k	Index	Verdict
Yakima	Yakima County	56–82	257,983	70,831	1.9	123–171%	Range spans bands
Redmond	King County	478–582	2,298,524	1,295,866	1.6	104–114%	Above average
Everett	Snohomish County	152–182	841,433	277,304	1.6	100–109%	Range spans bands
Tacoma	Pierce County	158–242	921,490	277,851	1.5	96–133%	Range spans bands
Mount Vernon	Skagit County	22–42	133,126	44,390	1.4	91–174%	Range spans bands
Bellingham	Whatcom County	37–59	228,467	80,332	1.4	89–127%	Range spans bands
Lacey	Thurston County	45–65	296,357	85,525	1.3	85–104%	Range spans bands
Silverdale	Kitsap County	39–69	277,633	62,999	1.3	81–123%	Range spans bands
Spokane	Spokane County	73–139	558,369	211,785	1.1	71–117%	Range spans bands
Vancouver	Clark County	62–82	515,787	158,571	1.0	67–82%	Below average
Kennewick	Benton County	26–38	211,971	76,558	1.0	67–98%	Below average

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

Lowest vs. highest measured density

Fewest competitors per capita

123%

104%

100%

96%

91%

89%

85%

81%

Most competitors per capita

67%

67%

71%

81%

85%

89%

91%

96%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A county with few grocery stores may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. Use the ranking to find where to look, then verify locally.

← All Grocery stores & supermarkets markets nationwide · Methodology · Data sources

Check your ZIP · Low-density ZIPs nearby · Answers · Data story · Methodology · Data sources · About · Privacy · Terms · Updates (RSS)

BizGapMap — free, no-login small-business saturation reports for major U.S. counties. Built entirely from public U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS data (ZBP 2023, ACS 2024 5-year, PEP 2024, LODES, QCEW, IRS SOI). No forecasts, no revenue guesses — withheld cells are marked, and the few derived counts are labelled as estimates.