Groceries and convenience · County · Arizona
Grocery and convenience stores in Yuma County, AZ
How Yuma 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #417 of 2,402 scored counties
#6 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 126
- 53 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- −10.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $439.7M
- On groceries · $5,542 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,449
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,542 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Yuma County spend about $439.7M a year on groceries. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Yuma County has 126 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 15.9 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Yuma County in 2023, down 10.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,334 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $157K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Yuma County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Yuma County grew 9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Yuma County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #417 of 2,402 scored counties and #6 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Yuma 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 | Yuma County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 13.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,334 | 2,464 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.5% | +2.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.2% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,542 | $6,084 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,876 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 34−10.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,164
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12653 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 130The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $157K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Yuma 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 Yuma County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,449+9.2% since 2020
- Households
- 79,341
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,514 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $62,876+39.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,974
- Median home value
- $217,800
- Jobs located here
- 70,111
- Daytime population
- 205,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Yuma County marked.
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 Yuma 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 stores59
- Convenience stores79
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 Yuma County, AZ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 126 grocery and convenience stores in Yuma County. 53 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 10.5% from 2019. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Yuma County, AZ spend on groceries?
About $439.7M a year, or $5,542 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 126 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 79,341 households in Yuma County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yuma County, AZ compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Yuma County has 15.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Yuma County would have about 130, against 126 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,334 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Yuma County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Yuma County at 224,449 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,341 households. The median household income in Yuma County is $62,876 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.0% 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. Yuma County scores 71 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #417 of 2,402 scored counties.
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