Groceries and convenience · County · Arizona
Convenience stores in Coconino County, AZ
How Coconino County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #983 of 2,261 scored counties
#10 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 51
- 28 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $326.6M
- On groceries · $5,926 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 144,368
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Coconino County comes to about $326.6M a year: $5,926 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.4M per store, 19% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Coconino County has 51 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (55%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Coconino County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 3,937 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Coconino County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, Coconino County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #983 of 2,261 scored counties and #10 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Coconino County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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 | Coconino County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 6.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $9.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,937 | 8,000 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.1% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,926 | $6,084 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $72,966 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5128 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 convenience stores in Coconino 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 Coconino County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 144,368−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 55,118
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 18,616 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $72,966+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,878
- Median home value
- $448,000
- Jobs located here
- 59,472
- Daytime population
- 148,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Coconino County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 88 | 96 | 5.9 | $10.1M | +25.4% | #60 of 2,261 |
| 2Maricopa County, AZ | 86 | 1,016 | 5.9 | $10.7M | +5.5% | #82 of 2,261 |
| 3Yavapai County, AZ | 80 | 70 | 6.3 | $9.2M | +6.5% | #170 of 2,261 |
| 4Yuma County, AZ | 79 | 43 | 5.4 | $10.2M | +9.2% | #193 of 2,261 |
| 5Pima County, AZ | 77 | 260 | 5.9 | $9.8M | +2.8% | #251 of 2,261 |
| 6Mohave County, AZ | 62 | 87 | 8.5 | $6.4M | +6.5% | #691 of 2,261 |
| 7Santa Cruz County, AZ | 61 | 11 | 6.5 | $8.3M | +4.8% | #710 of 2,261 |
| 8Graham County, AZ | 57 | 9 | 7.1 | $8M | +4.0% | #853 of 2,261 |
| 9Cochise County, AZ | 55 | 44 | 8.6 | $6.4M | +0.6% | #936 of 2,261 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 54 | 51 | 9.3 | $6.4M | −0.6% | #983 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Coconino County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores56
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores54
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Coconino County, AZ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 convenience stores in Coconino County. 28 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Coconino County, AZ spend on groceries?
About $326.6M a year, or $5,926 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,118 households in Coconino County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Coconino County, AZ compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Coconino County has 9.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.4M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Coconino County would have about 42, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,937 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Coconino County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Coconino County at 144,368 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,118 households. The median household income in Coconino County is $72,966 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Coconino County scores 54 for convenience stores (upper middle), #983 of 2,261 scored counties.
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