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Grocery and convenience stores in Park County, CO

How Park 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 86 out of 100: High

Ranked #90 of 2,402 scored counties
#6 of 37 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
13
2 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$58.4M
On groceries · $6,495 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.5
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,314
+5.1% 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

For grocery and convenience stores, Park County has a Groundwork market score of 86 (high): #90 of 2,402 scored counties and #6 of 37 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 grocery and convenience stores in Park County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 15%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 22% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Park County comes to about $58.4M a year: $6,495 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 33% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Park County in 2023. That is one for every 2,247 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Park County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Park 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 Park County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasurePark CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.516.018.7
Spending per listing$4.5M$4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,2472,1941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,495$6,458$6,319
Median household income$103,670$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score8683

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 4
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$831K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
132 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Park 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 Park County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,314+5.1% since 2020
Households
8,988
Median age
50.4
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
2,194 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$103,670+40.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$131,424
Median home value
$532,100
Jobs located here
2,763
Daytime population
13,331Residents 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 Park 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

Other business types in Park County

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

Questions

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

Park County has 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $58.4M a year, or $6,495 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,988 households in Park County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Park County has 14.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.5M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Park County would have about 17, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,247 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Park County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Park County at 18,314 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,988 households. Median household income in Park County is $103,670, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.8%, 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. Park County scores 86 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #90 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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