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Convenience stores in Douglas County, NV
The convenience stores in Douglas County, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #640 of 2,261 scored counties
#5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 13
- 8 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $135.5M
- On groceries · $6,353 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,111
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 convenience stores in Douglas County. Chain locations make up 62% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $6,353 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $135.5M a year on groceries. That works out to $10.4M per store, 32% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Douglas County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 2,133 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $345K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Douglas County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #640 of 2,261 scored counties and #5 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Douglas County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $7.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,133 | 3,446 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.5% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,353 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $90,754 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $964K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 138 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $345K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,111+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 21,325
- Median age
- 53.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $90,754+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,388
- Median home value
- $615,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,069
- Daytime population
- 48,760Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washoe County, NV | 70 | 138 | 6.9 | $9.1M | +4.4% | #429 of 2,261 |
| 2Clark County, NV | 68 | 712 | 8.3 | $7.3M | +5.8% | #489 of 2,261 |
| 3Nye County, NV | 67 | 20 | 9.0 | $6.2M | +10.3% | #536 of 2,261 |
| 4Lyon County, NV | 65 | 26 | 10.9 | $5.5M | +9.5% | #604 of 2,261 |
| 5Douglas County, NV | 63 | 13 | 6.1 | $10.4M | +1.2% | #640 of 2,261 |
| 6Elko County, NV | 55 | 23 | 11.7 | $5.2M | +2.1% | #953 of 2,261 |
| 7Carson City, NV | 47 | 19 | 8.0 | $7.3M | −0.2% | #1,225 of 2,261 |
| 8Churchill County, NV | 38 | 12 | 12.6 | $4.7M | +1.1% | #1,551 of 2,261 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 29 | 10 | 14.5 | $4.1M | 0.0% | #1,825 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Douglas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores71
- Grocery stores83
- Convenience stores63
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 Douglas County, NV?
There are 13 convenience stores on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. 8 of them (62%) 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 Douglas County, NV spend on groceries?
About $135.5M a year, or $6,353 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $10.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,325 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, NV compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Douglas County has 6.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $10.4M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Douglas County would have about 17, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,133 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 50,111 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,325 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $90,754, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. Douglas County scores 63 for convenience stores (upper middle), #640 of 2,261 scored counties.
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