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Grocery and convenience stores in Las Animas County, CO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Las Animas County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,639 of 2,402 scored counties
#30 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
15
4 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.4M
On groceries · $5,283 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
32% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.0
23% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,391
−0.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 grocery and convenience stores in Las Animas County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 23.0 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Las Animas County comes to about $34.4M a year: $5,283 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 32% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Las Animas County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,171 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Las Animas County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Las Animas County is 39 (lower middle), #1,639 of 2,402 scored counties and #30 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.

How Las Animas 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 Las Animas County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureLas Animas CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.016.018.7
Spending per listing$2.3M$4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,1712,1941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,283$6,458$6,319
Median household income$52,074$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3983

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
102
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
154 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Las Animas 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 Las Animas County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,391−0.7% since 2020
Households
6,513
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,773 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$52,074+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,556
Median home value
$237,600
Jobs located here
4,514
Daytime population
12,932Residents 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 Las Animas 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
30Las Animas County, CO391523.0$2.3M−0.7%#1,639 of 2,402

Other business types in Las Animas County

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

Questions

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

Las Animas County has 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $34.4M a year, or $5,283 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,513 households in Las Animas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Las Animas County has 23.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Las Animas County would have about 10, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,171 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Las Animas County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Las Animas County at 14,391 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,513 households. Median household income in Las Animas County is $52,074, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Las Animas County scores 39 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,639 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 Las Animas County

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