Groceries and convenience · County · Wyoming
Convenience stores in Sweetwater County, WY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Sweetwater County, WY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,917 of 2,261 scored counties
#12 of 12 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 31
- 17 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $103.7M
- On groceries · $5,924 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.7
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,267
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Sweetwater County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,917 of 2,261 scored counties and #12 of 12 scored counties in Wyoming. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Sweetwater County comes to about $103.7M a year: $5,924 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Sweetwater County has 31 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 17.7 per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Sweetwater County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sweetwater County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Sweetwater County compares
The same measures for Wyoming 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 | Sweetwater County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.7 | 10.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $5.6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,733 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | n/a | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,924 | $5,944 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $75,034 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 40 |
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
- 3117 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,267−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 17,502
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 10,427 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $75,034+0.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,925
- Median home value
- $251,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,166
- Daytime population
- 41,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany County, WY | 73 | 6 | 3.5 | $16M | +3.9% | #334 of 2,261 |
| 2Sheridan County, WY | 67 | 12 | 8.7 | $6.7M | +7.2% | #530 of 2,261 |
| 3Laramie County, WY | 65 | 36 | 8.3 | $7.2M | +2.2% | #592 of 2,261 |
| 4Lincoln County, WY | 61 | 11 | 13.2 | $4.7M | +7.8% | #740 of 2,261 |
| 5Natrona County, WY | 60 | 26 | 7.7 | $7.7M | +0.3% | #756 of 2,261 |
| 6Campbell County, WY | 60 | 19 | 10.6 | $5.9M | +2.1% | #774 of 2,261 |
| 7Park County, WY | 58 | 14 | 10.5 | $5.6M | +5.1% | #840 of 2,261 |
| 8Teton County, WY | 45 | 18 | 18.3 | $3.9M | −0.2% | #1,313 of 2,261 |
| 9Fremont County, WY | 39 | 17 | 11.3 | $5M | +0.7% | #1,518 of 2,261 |
| 10Uinta County, WY | 39 | 12 | 15.6 | $3.8M | +1.3% | #1,527 of 2,261 |
| 12Sweetwater County, WY | 26 | 31 | 17.7 | $3.3M | −2.2% | #1,917 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Sweetwater County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores53
- Grocery stores69
- Convenience stores26
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 Sweetwater County, WY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 convenience stores in Sweetwater County. 17 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Sweetwater County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Sweetwater County, WY spend on groceries?
About $103.7M a year, or $5,924 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 17,502 households in Sweetwater County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sweetwater County, WY compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Sweetwater County has 17.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.3M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Sweetwater County would have about 13, against 31 on map listings.
How fast is Sweetwater County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Sweetwater County at 41,267 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,502 households. The median household income in Sweetwater County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 0.3% 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. Sweetwater County scores 26 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,917 of 2,261 scored counties.
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