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Grocery and convenience stores in Gila County, AZ
How Gila County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #802 of 2,402 scored counties
#7 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 41
- 21 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $130.7M
- On groceries · $5,529 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.3
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,801
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Gila County comes to about $130.7M a year: $5,529 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 41 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Gila County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.3, 7% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Gila County in 2023. That is one for every 2,956 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gila County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Gila County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #802 of 2,402 scored counties and #7 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Gila County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and 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 | Gila County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.3 | 13.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,956 | 2,464 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,529 | $6,084 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,986 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 366
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4121 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Gila 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 Gila County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,801+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 23,645
- Median age
- 49.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,758 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $61,986+42.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,972
- Median home value
- $269,400
- Jobs located here
- 13,608
- Daytime population
- 48,361Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 92 | 170 | 10.5 | $5.7M | +25.4% | #31 of 2,402 |
| 2Maricopa County, AZ | 87 | 2,214 | 12.8 | $4.9M | +5.5% | #74 of 2,402 |
| 3Yavapai County, AZ | 81 | 157 | 14.1 | $4.1M | +6.5% | #167 of 2,402 |
| 4Pima County, AZ | 79 | 534 | 12.2 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #198 of 2,402 |
| 5Mohave County, AZ | 74 | 138 | 13.5 | $4M | +6.5% | #320 of 2,402 |
| 6Yuma County, AZ | 71 | 126 | 15.9 | $3.5M | +9.2% | #417 of 2,402 |
| 7Gila County, AZ | 60 | 41 | 17.3 | $3.2M | +0.9% | #802 of 2,402 |
| 8Cochise County, AZ | 59 | 83 | 16.3 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #828 of 2,402 |
| 9Graham County, AZ | 58 | 21 | 16.5 | $3.4M | +4.0% | #863 of 2,402 |
| 10Coconino County, AZ | 56 | 104 | 18.9 | $3.1M | −0.6% | #933 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Gila County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores60
- Grocery stores65
- Convenience stores38
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Gila County, AZ?
As of September 2026, map listings count 41 grocery and convenience stores in Gila County. 21 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Gila County, AZ spend on groceries?
About $130.7M a year, or $5,529 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,645 households in Gila County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gila County, AZ compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Gila County has 17.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.2M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Gila County would have about 39, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,956 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Gila County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Gila County at 53,801 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,645 households. The median household income in Gila County is $61,986 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.4% 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. Gila County scores 60 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #802 of 2,402 scored counties.
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