Groceries and convenience · County · Montana
Convenience stores in Yellowstone County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Yellowstone County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #563 of 2,261 scored counties
#6 of 15 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 66
- 47 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $420.2M
- On groceries · $6,012 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 172,692
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 convenience stores in Yellowstone County. 47 of them (71%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,012 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Yellowstone County spend about $420.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $6.4M per store, 19% 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 Yellowstone County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Yellowstone County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Yellowstone County is 66 (upper middle), #563 of 2,261 scored counties and #6 of 15 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Yellowstone 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 | Yellowstone County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 8.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $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 | +4.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,012 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,570 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 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
- 6647 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 Yellowstone 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 Yellowstone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 172,692+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 69,897
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,633 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $76,570+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,900
- Median home value
- $349,500
- Jobs located here
- 90,871
- Daytime population
- 173,526Residents 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 Yellowstone County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores77
- Grocery stores83
- Convenience stores66
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 Yellowstone County, MT?
There are 66 convenience stores on map listings in Yellowstone County as of September 2026. 47 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Yellowstone County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Yellowstone County, MT spend on groceries?
About $420.2M a year, or $6,012 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,897 households in Yellowstone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yellowstone County, MT compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Yellowstone County has 9.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.4M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Yellowstone County would have about 53, against 66 on map listings.
How fast is Yellowstone County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Yellowstone County at 172,692 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,897 households. Median household income in Yellowstone County is $76,570, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Yellowstone County scores 66 for convenience stores (upper middle), #563 of 2,261 scored counties.
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