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Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Idaho

Grocery and convenience stores in the Blackfoot, ID area

The grocery and convenience stores in the Blackfoot, ID area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #121 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho

Listings
43
9 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$95.7M
On groceries · $5,931 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.7
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,153
+6.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 43 grocery and convenience stores in the Blackfoot area. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 21%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.7, 43% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in the Blackfoot area comes to about $95.7M a year: $5,931 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in the Blackfoot area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,305 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Blackfoot area grew 6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Blackfoot area is 66 (upper middle), #121 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 7 scored small-town markets based in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Blackfoot area 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Blackfoot, ID area compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureBlackfoot areaIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.720.718.7
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,3052,0731,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.4%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,931$6,000$6,319
Median household income$77,878$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score6656

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7
Employees, 2023
261
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
439 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
28The 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 the Blackfoot area, 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 the Blackfoot area

Population, 2025 estimate
51,153+6.4% since 2020
Households
16,132
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
2,094 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$77,878+40.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,279
Median home value
$293,300
Jobs located here
15,423
Daytime population
43,536Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Idaho

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Idaho for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Blackfoot area marked.

Top small-town markets in Idaho

Small-town markets in Idaho ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Brigham City, UT-ID814621.4$2.8M+12.6%#17 of 538
1Sandpoint, ID723517.3$3.4M+14.8%#56 of 538
2Mountain Home, ID722018.1$3.1M+2.8%#59 of 538
3Blackfoot, ID664326.7$2.2M+6.4%#121 of 538
4Moscow, ID583320.3$2.8M+5.6%#199 of 538
5Rexburg, ID584726.1$2.1M+4.5%#208 of 538
6Burley, ID535935.5$1.6M+6.2%#262 of 538
Jackson, WY-ID504833.1$2.1M+4.2%#285 of 538
7Hailey, ID464132.5$1.9M+6.1%#326 of 538
Ontario, OR-ID307236.0$1.5M+5.0%#457 of 538

Other business types in the Blackfoot area

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Blackfoot, ID area?

The Blackfoot area has 43 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Blackfoot, ID area spend on groceries?

About $95.7M a year, or $5,931 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,132 households in the Blackfoot area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Blackfoot, ID area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Blackfoot area has 26.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Blackfoot area would have about 28, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,305 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is the Blackfoot, ID area growing?

Population estimates put the Blackfoot area at 51,153 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,132 households. Median household income in the Blackfoot area is $77,878, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Blackfoot area scores 66 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #121 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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

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