Groceries and convenience · County · Colorado
Grocery and convenience stores in Arapahoe County, CO
The grocery and convenience stores in Arapahoe County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #159 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 350
- 210 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 136
- +9.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.7B
- On groceries · $6,595 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 673,820
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Arapahoe County has a Groundwork market score of 81 (high): #159 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
At $6,595 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Arapahoe County spend about $1.7B a year on groceries. Spread across 350 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4.8M per store, 43% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Arapahoe County has 350 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 13.6 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 136 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Arapahoe County in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,891 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $7.7M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Arapahoe County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Arapahoe County grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Arapahoe County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Arapahoe County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 16.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,891 | 2,194 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.7% | +5.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,595 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $101,087 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 124 → 136+9.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,481
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $218.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 146Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 350210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 501The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $7.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Arapahoe 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 Arapahoe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 673,820+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 257,232
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 798 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 827
- Median household income
- $101,087+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,289
- Median home value
- $561,200
- Jobs located here
- 352,398
- Daytime population
- 677,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, CO | 98 | 153 | 10.9 | $6.8M | +10.9% | #2 of 2,402 |
| 2Elbert County, CO | 98 | 12 | 12.0 | $5.9M | +16.5% | #3 of 2,402 |
| 3Broomfield County, CO | 95 | 30 | 9.4 | $7.5M | +6.3% | #9 of 2,402 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 91 | 186 | 15.0 | $4.3M | +14.2% | #42 of 2,402 |
| 5Larimer County, CO | 88 | 217 | 14.1 | $4.5M | +4.8% | #65 of 2,402 |
| 6Park County, CO | 86 | 13 | 14.5 | $4.5M | +5.1% | #90 of 2,402 |
| 7El Paso County, CO | 85 | 390 | 13.4 | $4.7M | +3.2% | #100 of 2,402 |
| 8Jefferson County, CO | 81 | 296 | 12.2 | $5.5M | −0.5% | #155 of 2,402 |
| 9Arapahoe County, CO | 81 | 350 | 13.6 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #159 of 2,402 |
| 10Adams County, CO | 80 | 292 | 15.5 | $4.1M | +6.6% | #181 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Arapahoe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores81
- Grocery stores79
- Convenience stores82
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 Arapahoe County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 350 grocery and convenience stores in Arapahoe County. 210 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 136 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019. Official counts list 146 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Arapahoe County, CO spend on groceries?
About $1.7B a year, or $6,595 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 350 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 257,232 households in Arapahoe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Arapahoe County, CO compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Arapahoe County has 13.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.8M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Arapahoe County would have about 501, against 350 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,891 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Arapahoe County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Arapahoe County at 673,820 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,232 households. The median household income in Arapahoe County is $101,087 a year, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. Arapahoe County scores 81 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #159 of 2,402 scored counties.
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