Groceries and convenience · County · Colorado
Convenience stores in Fremont County, CO
The convenience stores in Fremont County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #978 of 2,261 scored counties
#24 of 34 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 14
- 13 chain locations (93%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $100.1M
- On groceries · $5,566 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.1M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,039
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Fremont County spend about $100.1M a year on groceries, or $5,566 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 14 convenience stores on map listings in Fremont County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 93% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Fremont County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $573K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Fremont County.
Population estimates show Fremont County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fremont County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #978 of 2,261 scored counties and #24 of 34 scored counties in Colorado.
How Fremont County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Fremont County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.1M | $9.2M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,862 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,566 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,664 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1413 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $573K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Fremont 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 Fremont County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,039+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,976
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,534 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $62,664+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,400
- Median home value
- $324,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,334
- Daytime population
- 42,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, CO | 98 | 71 | 5.1 | $14.7M | +10.9% | #2 of 2,261 |
| 2Broomfield County, CO | 94 | 11 | 3.5 | $20.4M | +6.3% | #9 of 2,261 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 91 | 82 | 6.6 | $9.7M | +14.2% | #31 of 2,261 |
| 4Larimer County, CO | 88 | 85 | 5.5 | $11.6M | +4.8% | #56 of 2,261 |
| 5Park County, CO | 84 | 6 | 6.7 | $9.7M | +5.1% | #105 of 2,261 |
| 6Arapahoe County, CO | 82 | 158 | 6.1 | $10.7M | +2.8% | #130 of 2,261 |
| 7Adams County, CO | 81 | 144 | 7.6 | $8.4M | +6.6% | #153 of 2,261 |
| 8Boulder County, CO | 80 | 72 | 5.3 | $12.7M | −0.7% | #163 of 2,261 |
| 9Denver County, CO | 80 | 220 | 6.6 | $9.9M | +3.2% | #169 of 2,261 |
| 10Jefferson County, CO | 79 | 146 | 6.0 | $11.2M | −0.5% | #187 of 2,261 |
| 24Fremont County, CO | 54 | 14 | 7.8 | $7.1M | +2.4% | #978 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Fremont County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores59
- 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 Fremont County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 convenience stores in Fremont County. 13 of them (93%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Fremont County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Fremont County, CO spend on groceries?
About $100.1M a year, or $5,566 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 17,976 households in Fremont County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fremont County, CO compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Fremont County has 7.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Fremont County would have about 13, against 14 on map listings.
How fast is Fremont County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Fremont County at 50,039 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,976 households. The median household income in Fremont County is $62,664 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.8% 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. Fremont County scores 54 for convenience stores (upper middle), #978 of 2,261 scored counties.
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