SNAP-authorized stores in Virginia
6,032 stores were authorized to accept SNAP benefits in Virginia 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
| Store type | Authorized stores |
|---|---|
| Convenience Store | 2,751 |
| Combination Grocery/Other | 1,514 |
| Supermarket | 582 |
| Super Store | 558 |
| Medium Grocery Store | 235 |
| Small Grocery Store | 133 |
| Farmers' Market | 118 |
| Large Grocery Store | 46 |
| Seafood Specialty | 38 |
| Meat/Poultry Specialty | 25 |
| Fruits/Veg Specialty | 12 |
| Military Commissary | 11 |
| Delivery Route | 7 |
| Bakery Specialty | 2 |
Stores that joined and left the program
| Year | Authorizations started | Authorizations ended |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 465 | 684 |
| 2024 | 534 | 570 |
| 2023 | 495 | 492 |
| 2022 | 462 | 485 |
| 2021 | 557 | 548 |
Counted from the authorization periods in the file. An ended authorization is not a penalty: the file gives no reason.
By city
- Abingdon — 33
- Alexandria — 178
- Annandale — 18
- Appomattox — 14
- Arlington — 88
- Ashburn — 26
- Ashland — 23
- Bassett — 17
- Bealeton — 11
- Bedford — 23
- Big Stone Gap — 13
- Blacksburg — 23
- Blackstone — 10
- Bluefield — 12
- Bristol — 46
- Buena Vista — 10
- Burke — 12
- Centreville — 14
- Chantilly — 33
- Charlottesville — 92
- Chase City — 12
- Chesapeake — 157
- Chester — 35
- Chesterfield — 17
- Christiansburg — 30
- Clintwood — 11
- Collinsville — 11
- Colonial Heights — 26
- Covington — 15
- Culpeper — 28
- Danville — 77
- Dillwyn — 10
- Dublin — 13
- Dumfries — 19
- Elkton — 10
- Emporia — 21
- Fairfax — 65
- Falls Church — 82
- Farmville — 20
- Forest — 18
- Franklin — 18
- Fredericksburg — 144
- Front Royal — 29
- Gainesville — 15
- Galax — 19
- Glen Allen — 36
- Gloucester — 13
- Gretna — 12
- Grundy — 10
- Hampton — 119
- Harrisonburg — 66
- Hayes — 14
- Henrico — 104
- Herndon — 35
- Hillsville — 17
- Hopewell — 33
- King George — 19
- Leesburg — 33
- Lexington — 12
- Locust Grove — 10
- Lorton — 12
- Louisa — 12
- Lynchburg — 87
- Madison Heights — 16
- Manassas — 96
- Marion — 20
- Martinsville — 38
- Mechanicsville — 40
- Midlothian — 49
- Mineral — 10
- Newport News — 168
- Norfolk — 175
- North Chesterfield — 51
- North Tazewell — 12
- Norton — 13
- Onley — 10
- Orange — 11
- Pennington Gap — 13
- Petersburg — 54
- Portsmouth — 82
- Powhatan — 12
- Pulaski — 16
- Radford — 14
- Reston — 21
- Richlands — 11
- Richmond — 345
- Ridgeway — 10
- Roanoke — 181
- Rocky Mount — 27
- Ruckersville — 10
- Rustburg — 10
- Ruther Glen — 17
- Salem — 29
- Sandston — 11
- Smithfield — 13
- South Boston — 26
- South Hill — 12
- Spotsylvania — 14
- Springfield — 43
- Stafford — 46
- Staunton — 43
- Stephens City — 14
- Sterling — 61
- Suffolk — 66
- Tappahannock — 10
- Vienna — 20
- Vinton — 14
- Virginia Beach — 275
- Warrenton — 16
- Warsaw — 10
- Waynesboro — 32
- Williamsburg — 64
- Winchester — 76
- Wise — 10
- Woodbridge — 90
- Woodstock — 14
- Wytheville — 25
- Yorktown — 20
Smaller places of Virginia — 1,204 stores.