SNAP-authorized stores in Connecticut
2,392 stores were authorized to accept SNAP benefits in Connecticut on Dec 31, 2025, the last day of the USDA file.
Leasing, buying or supplying a store? A dated SNAP authorization report ($19) — or a whole territory, with the stores that opened and closed.
By store type
Stores that joined and left the program
| Year | Authorizations started | Authorizations ended |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 267 | 297 |
| 2024 | 272 | 265 |
| 2023 | 232 | 292 |
| 2022 | 351 | 215 |
| 2021 | 265 | 306 |
Counted from the authorization periods in the file. An ended authorization is not a penalty: the file gives no reason.
By city
- Ansonia — 17
- Berlin — 16
- Bethel — 12
- Bloomfield — 19
- Branford — 15
- Bridgeport — 136
- Bristol — 47
- Colchester — 10
- Cromwell — 14
- Danbury — 49
- Derby — 11
- East Hartford — 49
- East Haven — 23
- East Windsor — 12
- Enfield — 37
- Fairfield — 18
- Glastonbury — 12
- Groton — 26
- Hamden — 36
- Hartford — 151
- Manchester — 62
- Meriden — 56
- Middletown — 33
- Milford — 33
- Naugatuck — 26
- New Britain — 71
- New Haven — 128
- New London — 25
- New Milford — 14
- Newington — 26
- North Haven — 16
- Norwalk — 50
- Norwich — 34
- Old Saybrook — 11
- Orange — 14
- Plainville — 12
- Putnam — 12
- Rocky Hill — 15
- Seymour — 10
- Shelton — 13
- South Windsor — 10
- Southington — 28
- Stafford Springs — 10
- Stamford — 62
- Stratford — 31
- Torrington — 28
- Vernon Rockville — 24
- Wallingford — 27
- Waterbury — 151
- Waterford — 16
- Watertown — 11
- West Hartford — 39
- West Haven — 48
- Westport — 10
- Wethersfield — 19
- Willimantic — 23
- Windsor — 22
- Windsor Locks — 12
Smaller places of Connecticut — 450 stores.