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Grocery and convenience stores in Grand County, CO

How Grand County, CO 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,142 of 2,402 scored counties
#26 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
20
7 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$46.8M
On groceries · $6,261 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.8
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,496
+4.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in Grand County comes to about $46.8M a year: $6,261 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per store, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Grand County has 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 35%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 26.8 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Grand County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,246 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Grand County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,142 of 2,402 scored counties and #26 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.

How Grand 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Grand County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureGrand CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.816.018.7
Spending per listing$2.3M$4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,2462,1941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,261$6,458$6,319
Median household income$88,612$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5283

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
211
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
207 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Grand 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 Grand County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,496+4.8% since 2020
Households
7,475
Median age
44.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,847 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$88,612+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,943
Median home value
$601,500
Jobs located here
7,229
Daytime population
16,268Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Grand County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, CO9815310.9$6.8M+10.9%#2 of 2,402
2Elbert County, CO981212.0$5.9M+16.5%#3 of 2,402
3Broomfield County, CO95309.4$7.5M+6.3%#9 of 2,402
4Weld County, CO9118615.0$4.3M+14.2%#42 of 2,402
5Larimer County, CO8821714.1$4.5M+4.8%#65 of 2,402
6Park County, CO861314.5$4.5M+5.1%#90 of 2,402
7El Paso County, CO8539013.4$4.7M+3.2%#100 of 2,402
8Jefferson County, CO8129612.2$5.5M−0.5%#155 of 2,402
9Arapahoe County, CO8135013.6$4.8M+2.8%#159 of 2,402
10Adams County, CO8029215.5$4.1M+6.6%#181 of 2,402
26Grand County, CO522026.8$2.3M+4.8%#1,142 of 2,402

Other business types in Grand County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Grand County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 grocery and convenience stores in Grand County. 7 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Grand County, CO spend on groceries?

About $46.8M a year, or $6,261 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,475 households in Grand County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grand County, CO compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Grand County has 26.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Grand County would have about 14, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,246 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Grand County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Grand County at 16,496 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,475 households. The median household income in Grand County is $88,612 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Grand County scores 52 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,142 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Grand County

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