Groceries and convenience · County · Montana
Convenience stores in Cascade County, MT
How Cascade County, MT 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,013 of 2,261 scored counties
#10 of 15 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 29
- 20 chain locations (69%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $203.8M
- On groceries · $5,722 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,029
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Cascade County comes to about $203.8M a year: $5,722 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7M per store, 11% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 29 convenience stores on map listings in Cascade County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 69% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Cascade County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Cascade County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cascade County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,013 of 2,261 scored counties and #10 of 15 scored counties in Montana.
How Cascade County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Cascade County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $6.9M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,388 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,722 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,690 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 56 |
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
- 2920 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Cascade 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 Cascade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,029+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 35,615
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,698 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $67,690+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,832
- Median home value
- $265,300
- Jobs located here
- 35,854
- Daytime population
- 84,523Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gallatin County, MT | 87 | 39 | 7.6 | $8.4M | +7.7% | #75 of 2,261 |
| 2Ravalli County, MT | 82 | 8 | 4.3 | $13.6M | +9.4% | #127 of 2,261 |
| 3Missoula County, MT | 78 | 32 | 6.1 | $9.8M | +4.4% | #222 of 2,261 |
| 4Lewis and Clark County, MT | 78 | 22 | 7.0 | $8.6M | +5.8% | #228 of 2,261 |
| 5Flathead County, MT | 76 | 33 | 7.5 | $7.9M | +10.1% | #281 of 2,261 |
| 6Yellowstone County, MT | 66 | 66 | 9.4 | $6.4M | +4.5% | #563 of 2,261 |
| 7Lincoln County, MT | 62 | 6 | 6.6 | $7.9M | +13.1% | #679 of 2,261 |
| 8Park County, MT | 62 | 8 | 9.6 | $6.1M | +5.7% | #695 of 2,261 |
| 9Lake County, MT | 61 | 11 | 8.7 | $6.5M | +6.9% | #727 of 2,261 |
| 10Cascade County, MT | 53 | 29 | 8.1 | $7M | +0.7% | #1,013 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Cascade County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores65
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores53
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 Cascade County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 convenience stores in Cascade County. 20 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Cascade County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cascade County, MT spend on groceries?
About $203.8M a year, or $5,722 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7M 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 35,615 households in Cascade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cascade County, MT compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Cascade County has 8.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Cascade County would have about 26, against 29 on map listings.
How fast is Cascade County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Cascade County at 85,029 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,615 households. The median household income in Cascade County is $67,690 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. Cascade County scores 53 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,013 of 2,261 scored counties.
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