Groceries and convenience · County · Colorado
Grocery and convenience stores in Archuleta County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Archuleta County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #606 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 13
- 4 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $35.9M
- On groceries · $6,064 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.0
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,306
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Archuleta County comes to about $35.9M a year: $6,064 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per store, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Archuleta County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.0, 18% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Archuleta County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Archuleta County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Archuleta County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #606 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.
How Archuleta 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 | Archuleta County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.0 | 16.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,194 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,064 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $83,065 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 83 |
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
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 134 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Archuleta 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 Archuleta County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,306+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,921
- Median age
- 50.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,350 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $83,065+59.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,901
- Median home value
- $478,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,733
- Daytime population
- 13,522Residents 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 |
| 17Archuleta County, CO | 65 | 13 | 22.0 | $2.8M | +6.6% | #606 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Archuleta County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores65
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores
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 Archuleta County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 grocery and convenience stores in Archuleta County. 4 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Archuleta County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Archuleta County, CO spend on groceries?
About $35.9M a year, or $6,064 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,921 households in Archuleta County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Archuleta County, CO compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Archuleta County has 22.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.8M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Archuleta County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is Archuleta County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Archuleta County at 14,306 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,921 households. The median household income in Archuleta County is $83,065 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.1% 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. Archuleta County scores 65 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #606 of 2,402 scored counties.
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