Groceries and convenience · County · Colorado
Grocery and convenience stores in Eagle County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Eagle County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,204 of 2,402 scored counties
#27 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 50
- 23 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $147.1M
- On groceries · $6,667 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.7
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,291
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 grocery and convenience stores in Eagle County. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 22.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Eagle County comes to about $147.1M a year: $6,667 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per store, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Eagle County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,298 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Eagle County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Eagle County is 50 (upper middle), #1,204 of 2,402 scored counties and #27 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.
How Eagle 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 | Eagle County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.7 | 16.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,298 | 2,194 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,667 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $104,096 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 760
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5023 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The 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 Eagle 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 Eagle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,291−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 22,058
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $104,096+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,170
- Median home value
- $839,500
- Jobs located here
- 36,343
- Daytime population
- 60,203Residents 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 |
| 27Eagle County, CO | 50 | 50 | 22.7 | $2.9M | −2.4% | #1,204 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Eagle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores34
- Convenience stores71
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 Eagle County, CO?
There are 50 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Eagle County as of September 2026. 23 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Eagle County, CO spend on groceries?
About $147.1M a year, or $6,667 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,058 households in Eagle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Eagle County, CO compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Eagle County has 22.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Eagle County would have about 43, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,298 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Eagle County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Eagle County at 54,291 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,058 households. Median household income in Eagle County is $104,096, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Eagle County scores 50 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,204 of 2,402 scored counties.
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