Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Colorado
Convenience stores in the Grand Junction, CO metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Grand Junction, CO metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #255 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 69
- 53 chain locations (77%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $387.3M
- On groceries · $5,883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,845
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 convenience stores in the Grand Junction metro area. Chain locations make up 77% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 10.5 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in the Grand Junction metro area comes to about $387.3M a year: $5,883 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 69 convenience stores, that is $5.6M per store, 29% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Grand Junction metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Grand Junction metro area grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Grand Junction metro area is 41 (lower middle), #255 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado.
How the Grand Junction metro area 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 | Grand Junction metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $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 | +4.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,883 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,658 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 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
- 6953 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 the Grand Junction metro area, 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 the Grand Junction metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,845+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 65,830
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,145
- Median home value
- $378,600
- Jobs located here
- 65,394
- Daytime population
- 156,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 87 | 82 | 6.6 | $9.7M | +14.2% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 84 | 85 | 5.5 | $11.6M | +4.8% | #7 of 387 |
| 3Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 81 | 771 | 6.3 | $10.6M | +4.1% | #14 of 387 |
| 4Boulder, CO | 76 | 72 | 5.3 | $12.7M | −0.7% | #31 of 387 |
| 5Colorado Springs, CO | 68 | 224 | 7.4 | $8.5M | +3.1% | #72 of 387 |
| 6Grand Junction, CO | 41 | 69 | 10.5 | $5.6M | +4.4% | #255 of 387 |
| 7Pueblo, CO | 37 | 65 | 9.5 | $5.9M | +0.6% | #283 of 387 |
Other business types in the Grand Junction metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores70
- Convenience stores41
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 the Grand Junction, CO metro area?
There are 69 convenience stores on map listings in the Grand Junction metro area as of September 2026. 53 of them (77%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in the Grand Junction metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Grand Junction, CO metro area spend on groceries?
About $387.3M a year, or $5,883 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,830 households in the Grand Junction metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grand Junction, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Grand Junction metro area has 10.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.6M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Grand Junction metro area would have about 49, against 69 on map listings.
How fast is the Grand Junction, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grand Junction metro area at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in the Grand Junction metro area is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. The Grand Junction metro area scores 41 for convenience stores (lower middle), #255 of 387 scored metro areas.
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