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Convenience stores in Pueblo County, CO

The convenience stores in Pueblo County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #905 of 2,261 scored counties
#23 of 34 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
65
56 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$386.6M
On groceries · $5,641 a household
Spending per listing
$5.9M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
19% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,277
+0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 convenience stores in Pueblo County. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.5, 19% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on groceries in Pueblo County comes to about $386.6M a year: $5,641 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.9M per store, 25% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Pueblo County in 2023. That is one for every 6,852 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pueblo County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pueblo County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #905 of 2,261 scored counties and #23 of 34 scored counties in Colorado.

How Pueblo 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.

Convenience stores in Pueblo County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasurePueblo CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.57.18.0
Spending per listing$5.9M$9.2M$7.9M
Households per official establishment6,8527,8623,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.8%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,641$6,458$6,319
Median household income$64,010$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5673

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 10
Employees, 2023
93
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6556 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 Pueblo 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 Pueblo County

Population, 2025 estimate
169,277+0.6% since 2020
Households
68,523
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,387 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$64,010+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,458
Median home value
$291,300
Jobs located here
56,090
Daytime population
161,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Pueblo County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, CO98715.1$14.7M+10.9%#2 of 2,261
2Broomfield County, CO94113.5$20.4M+6.3%#9 of 2,261
3Weld County, CO91826.6$9.7M+14.2%#31 of 2,261
4Larimer County, CO88855.5$11.6M+4.8%#56 of 2,261
5Park County, CO8466.7$9.7M+5.1%#105 of 2,261
6Arapahoe County, CO821586.1$10.7M+2.8%#130 of 2,261
7Adams County, CO811447.6$8.4M+6.6%#153 of 2,261
8Boulder County, CO80725.3$12.7M−0.7%#163 of 2,261
9Denver County, CO802206.6$9.9M+3.2%#169 of 2,261
10Jefferson County, CO791466.0$11.2M−0.5%#187 of 2,261
23Pueblo County, CO56659.5$5.9M+0.6%#905 of 2,261

Other business types in Pueblo County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Pueblo County, CO?

There are 65 convenience stores on map listings in Pueblo County as of September 2026. 56 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Pueblo County, CO spend on groceries?

About $386.6M a year, or $5,641 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 68,523 households in Pueblo County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pueblo County, CO compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Pueblo County has 9.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.9M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Pueblo County would have about 49, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,852 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Pueblo County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Pueblo County at 169,277 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,523 households. Median household income in Pueblo County is $64,010, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. Pueblo County scores 56 for convenience stores (upper middle), #905 of 2,261 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Pueblo County

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