Groceries and convenience · County · Montana
Convenience stores in Prairie County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Prairie County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $2.9M
- On groceries · $5,320 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,112
- +1.7% since 2020
See the convenience stores around any address in Prairie County
The site report maps the convenience stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Prairie County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Households in Prairie County spend about $2.9M a year on groceries, or $5,320 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each store on map listings. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There is 1 convenience store on map listings in Prairie County as of September 2026. That is 18.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Prairie County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prairie County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Prairie 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 | Prairie County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.3 | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $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 | +1.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,320 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,250 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The 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 Prairie 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 Prairie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,112+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 545
- Median age
- 57.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,737 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1
- Median household income
- $51,250
- Average household income
- $74,488
- Median home value
- $165,700
- Jobs located here
- 280
- Daytime population
- 1,149Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Prairie County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Montana for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Montana, with Prairie County marked.
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 |
| Prairie County, MT | Not scored | 1 | 18.3 | $2.9M | +1.7% |
Other business types in Prairie County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Prairie County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 convenience store in Prairie County. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Prairie County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Prairie County, MT spend on groceries?
About $2.9M a year, or $5,320 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 convenience store on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 545 households in Prairie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prairie County, MT compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Prairie County has 1 convenience store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.
How fast is Prairie County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Prairie County at 1,112 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 545 households. The median household income in Prairie County is $51,250 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Prairie County. It maps the convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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