Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Colorado
Grocery and convenience stores in the Durango, CO area
How the Durango, CO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #21 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 45
- 13 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $151.1M
- On groceries · $6,200 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,898
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Durango area is 79 (high), #21 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for grocery and convenience stores.
Households in the Durango area spend about $151.1M a year on groceries, or $6,200 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 45 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.4M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Durango area has 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 18.5 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Durango area was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 2,032 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Durango area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Durango area 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 | Durango area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 16.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,032 | 2,194 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,200 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $86,056 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 618
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4513 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 the Durango 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 Durango area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,898+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 24,378
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $86,056+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,780
- Median home value
- $591,500
- Jobs located here
- 25,833
- Daytime population
- 57,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durango, CO | 79 | 45 | 18.5 | $3.4M | +2.2% | #21 of 538 |
| 2Rifle, CO | 72 | 75 | 23.0 | $2.8M | +1.2% | #61 of 538 |
| 3Cañon City, CO | 71 | 32 | 17.8 | $3.1M | +2.4% | #67 of 538 |
| 4Montrose, CO | 70 | 35 | 19.4 | $3M | +4.1% | #82 of 538 |
| 5Steamboat Springs, CO | 66 | 44 | 26.4 | $2.4M | +0.9% | #120 of 538 |
| 6Edwards, CO | 54 | 50 | 22.7 | $2.9M | −2.4% | #245 of 538 |
| 7Breckenridge, CO | 48 | 49 | 31.5 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #309 of 538 |
| 8Fort Morgan, CO | 47 | 29 | 26.2 | $2.2M | +4.2% | #316 of 538 |
| 9Alamosa, CO | 35 | 31 | 27.0 | $2M | +2.1% | #419 of 538 |
| 10Sterling, CO | 28 | 21 | 25.6 | $2.1M | −2.7% | #463 of 538 |
Other business types in the Durango area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores79
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores87
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 the Durango, CO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 grocery and convenience stores in the Durango area. 13 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Durango, CO area spend on groceries?
About $151.1M a year, or $6,200 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,378 households in the Durango area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Durango, CO area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Durango area has 18.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with 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 2,032 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Durango, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Durango area at 56,898 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,378 households. The median household income in the Durango area is $86,056 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Durango area scores 79 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #21 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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