Groceries and convenience · County · Arizona
Convenience stores in Navajo County, AZ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Navajo County, AZ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,134 of 2,261 scored counties
#11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 43
- 30 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $212.1M
- On groceries · $5,294 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 109,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 convenience stores in Navajo County. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Navajo County comes to about $212.1M a year: $5,294 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 43 convenience stores, that is $4.9M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Navajo County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 6,677 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.1M has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Navajo County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Navajo County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Navajo County is 50 (upper middle), #1,134 of 2,261 scored counties and #11 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Navajo 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 | Navajo County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 6.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $9.7M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,677 | 8,000 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.1% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,294 | $6,084 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,606 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $895K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4330 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Navajo 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 Navajo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 109,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 40,063
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 9,950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $54,606+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,874
- Median home value
- $201,500
- Jobs located here
- 26,234
- Daytime population
- 104,760Residents 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 Navajo 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 |
| 11Navajo County, AZ | 50 | 43 | 10.7 | $4.9M | +3.0% | #1,134 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Navajo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores50
- Convenience stores50
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 Navajo County, AZ?
There are 43 convenience stores on map listings in Navajo County as of September 2026. 30 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Navajo County, AZ spend on groceries?
About $212.1M a year, or $5,294 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,063 households in Navajo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Navajo County, AZ compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Navajo County has 10.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Navajo County would have about 27, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,677 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Navajo County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Navajo County at 109,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,063 households. Median household income in Navajo County is $54,606, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.3%, 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. Navajo County scores 50 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,134 of 2,261 scored counties.
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