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Grocery and convenience stores in Bear Lake County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Bear Lake County, ID, 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
- 15
- 6 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.2M
- On groceries · $5,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $879K
- 74% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.8
- 3.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,727
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 grocery and convenience stores in Bear Lake County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 40%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 65.8 per 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,789 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Bear Lake County spend about $13.2M a year on groceries. Spread across 15 grocery and convenience stores, that is $879K per store, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bear Lake County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bear Lake County grew 5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Bear Lake County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Bear Lake County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.8 | 20.7 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $879K | $2.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,073 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.0% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,789 | $6,000 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $75,260 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
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
- 156 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Bear Lake 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 Bear Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,727+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 2,278
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 90%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.7
- Land area
- 976 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $75,260
- Average household income
- $88,185
- Median home value
- $275,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,608
- Daytime population
- 5,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Bear Lake County?
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ada County, ID | 91 | 303 | 15.0 | $4.3M | +9.6% | #43 of 2,402 |
| 2Jefferson County, ID | 89 | 13 | 12.7 | $4.8M | +13.6% | #56 of 2,402 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 83 | 139 | 16.1 | $3.7M | +18.1% | #138 of 2,402 |
| 4Kootenai County, ID | 75 | 127 | 17.8 | $3.4M | +11.0% | #302 of 2,402 |
| 5Bonneville County, ID | 72 | 100 | 22.6 | $2.7M | +8.9% | #399 of 2,402 |
| 6Bannock County, ID | 68 | 56 | 16.7 | $3.4M | +4.9% | #505 of 2,402 |
| 7Bonner County, ID | 65 | 35 | 17.3 | $3.4M | +14.8% | #596 of 2,402 |
| 8Elmore County, ID | 63 | 20 | 18.1 | $3.1M | +2.8% | #673 of 2,402 |
| 9Madison County, ID | 63 | 26 | 19.5 | $2.8M | +4.2% | #683 of 2,402 |
| 10Teton County, ID | 63 | 11 | 23.5 | $2.8M | +12.9% | #687 of 2,402 |
| Bear Lake County, ID | Not scored | 15 | 65.8 | $879K | +5.7% |
Other business types in Bear Lake County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 Bear Lake County, ID?
Bear Lake County has 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Bear Lake County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bear Lake County, ID spend on groceries?
About $13.2M a year, or $5,789 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $879K per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,278 households in Bear Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bear Lake County, ID compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Bear Lake County has 65.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3.5 times the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $879K, 74% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bear Lake County would have about 4, against 15 on map listings.
How fast is Bear Lake County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Bear Lake County at 6,727 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,278 households. Median household income in Bear Lake County is $75,260, 7% 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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