Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Convenience stores in San Juan County, NM
How San Juan County, NM 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #788 of 2,261 scored counties
#7 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 27
- 10 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $227.1M
- On groceries · $5,443 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.4M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,340
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in San Juan County comes to about $227.1M a year: $5,443 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
San Juan County has 27 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in San Juan County in 2023. That is one for every 8,346 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in San Juan County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in San Juan County is 59 (upper middle), #788 of 2,261 scored counties and #7 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How San Juan County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | San Juan County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.4M | $7.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,346 | 19,032 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.8% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,443 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $55,872 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $641K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,340−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 41,732
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,517 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,872+10.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,826
- Median home value
- $193,800
- Jobs located here
- 45,264
- Daytime population
- 119,349Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 87 | 30 | 5.3 | $11.7M | +6.9% | #68 of 2,261 |
| 2Santa Fe County, NM | 76 | 33 | 4.7 | $13.1M | +1.2% | #271 of 2,261 |
| 3Bernalillo County, NM | 71 | 144 | 5.0 | $11.5M | −1.4% | #396 of 2,261 |
| 4Doña Ana County, NM | 62 | 52 | 6.1 | $8.9M | +4.1% | #673 of 2,261 |
| 5Valencia County, NM | 62 | 21 | 7.6 | $7.2M | +7.2% | #685 of 2,261 |
| 6Taos County, NM | 59 | 8 | 5.1 | $10.7M | +0.3% | #781 of 2,261 |
| 7San Juan County, NM | 59 | 27 | 6.5 | $8.4M | −0.9% | #788 of 2,261 |
| 8Torrance County, NM | 56 | 5 | 8.3 | $6.5M | +6.9% | #899 of 2,261 |
| 9Rio Arriba County, NM | 54 | 8 | 5.1 | $10.7M | −1.0% | #964 of 2,261 |
| 10Eddy County, NM | 51 | 34 | 14.4 | $4.1M | +0.3% | #1,109 of 2,261 |
Other business types in San Juan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores54
- Convenience stores59
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 San Juan County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 convenience stores in San Juan County. 10 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in San Juan County, NM spend on groceries?
About $227.1M a year, or $5,443 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8.4M 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 41,732 households in San Juan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Juan County, NM compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
San Juan County has 6.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8.4M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, San Juan County would have about 29, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,346 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is San Juan County, NM growing?
Population estimates put San Juan County at 120,340 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,732 households. The median household income in San Juan County is $55,872 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 10.6% 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. San Juan County scores 59 for convenience stores (upper middle), #788 of 2,261 scored counties.
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