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Grocery and convenience stores in Phillips County, CO

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
20
13 chain locations (65%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.5M
On groceries · $5,900 a household
Spending per listing
$576K
83% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
102.5
5.5 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,420
−2.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 grocery and convenience stores in Phillips County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 65%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 102.5 per 10,000 households, 5.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $5,900 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Phillips County spend about $11.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 20 grocery and convenience stores, that is $576K per store, 83% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Phillips County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Phillips County declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Phillips 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 Phillips County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasurePhillips CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households102.516.018.7
Spending per listing$576K$4M$3.4M
Households per official establishmentn/a2,1941,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,900$6,458$6,319
Median household income$64,674$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored83

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2013 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Phillips 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 Phillips County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,420−2.4% since 2020
Households
1,952
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
688 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$64,674
Average household income
$114,116
Median home value
$258,200
Jobs located here
1,755
Daytime population
4,139Residents 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 Phillips 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
Phillips County, CONot scored20102.5$576K−2.4%

Other business types in Phillips County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

There are 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Phillips County as of September 2026. 13 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Phillips County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $11.5M a year, or $5,900 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $576K per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,952 households in Phillips County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Phillips County has 102.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $576K, 83% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Phillips County would have about 3, against 20 on map listings.

How fast is Phillips County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Phillips County at 4,420 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,952 households. Median household income in Phillips County is $64,674, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Phillips County

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