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Grocery and convenience stores in Boise County, ID

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Boise 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
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.2M
On groceries · $5,910 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
25.0
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,545
+11.5% 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

At $5,910 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Boise County spend about $21.2M a year on groceries. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Boise County has 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 25.0 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Boise County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 898 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Boise County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Boise County grew 11.5%, 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 Boise 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Boise County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureBoise CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households25.020.718.7
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.9M$3.4M
Households per official establishment8982,0731,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.0%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.5%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,910$6,000$6,319
Median household income$78,774$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Boise 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 Boise County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,545+11.5% since 2020
Households
3,593
Median age
52.5
Homes lived in by their owners
90%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
1,899 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$78,774
Average household income
$88,780
Median home value
$476,100
Jobs located here
1,501
Daytime population
6,570Residents 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 counties in Idaho for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Boise County marked.

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ada County, ID9130315.0$4.3M+9.6%#43 of 2,402
2Jefferson County, ID891312.7$4.8M+13.6%#56 of 2,402
3Canyon County, ID8313916.1$3.7M+18.1%#138 of 2,402
4Kootenai County, ID7512717.8$3.4M+11.0%#302 of 2,402
5Bonneville County, ID7210022.6$2.7M+8.9%#399 of 2,402
6Bannock County, ID685616.7$3.4M+4.9%#505 of 2,402
7Bonner County, ID653517.3$3.4M+14.8%#596 of 2,402
8Elmore County, ID632018.1$3.1M+2.8%#673 of 2,402
9Madison County, ID632619.5$2.8M+4.2%#683 of 2,402
10Teton County, ID631123.5$2.8M+12.9%#687 of 2,402
Boise County, IDNot scored925.0$2.4M+11.5%

Other business types in Boise 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 Boise County, ID?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery and convenience stores in Boise County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. 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 Boise County, ID spend on groceries?

About $21.2M a year, or $5,910 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,593 households in Boise County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Boise County has 25.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Boise County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 898 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Boise County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Boise County at 8,545 people in 2025, up 11.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,593 households. The median household income in Boise County is $78,774 a year, 2% 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 Boise County

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