Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Arizona
Grocery and convenience stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #217 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 83
- 38 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $280.5M
- On groceries · $5,502 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 126,332
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 83 grocery and convenience stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.3, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area spend about $280.5M a year on groceries, or $5,502 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area in 2023. That is one for every 2,428 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #217 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.
How the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area 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 | Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 13.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,428 | 2,464 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,502 | $6,084 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,742 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 734
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8338 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area, 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 the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 126,332+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 50,982
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,210 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $59,742+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,017
- Median home value
- $218,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,807
- Daytime population
- 114,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 87 | 2,384 | 12.6 | $5M | +7.3% | #5 of 387 |
| 2Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 75 | 157 | 14.1 | $4.1M | +6.5% | #32 of 387 |
| 3Tucson, AZ | 74 | 534 | 12.2 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #34 of 387 |
| 4Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 69 | 138 | 13.5 | $4M | +6.5% | #63 of 387 |
| 5Yuma, AZ | 60 | 126 | 15.9 | $3.5M | +9.2% | #128 of 387 |
| 6Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 47 | 83 | 16.3 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #217 of 387 |
| 7Flagstaff, AZ | 42 | 104 | 18.9 | $3.1M | −0.6% | #249 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores47
- Grocery stores61
- Convenience stores38
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area?
There are 83 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area as of September 2026. 38 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area spend on groceries?
About $280.5M a year, or $5,502 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,982 households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 16.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,428 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area at 126,332 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,982 households. Median household income in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is $59,742, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area scores 47 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #217 of 387 scored metro areas.
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