Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Montana
Grocery and convenience stores in the Bozeman, MT metro area
How the Bozeman, MT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #130 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Montana
- Listings
- 104
- 44 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +57.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $328.9M
- On groceries · $6,422 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,740
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Bozeman metro area comes to about $328.9M a year: $6,422 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Bozeman metro area has 104 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 44 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.3, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Bozeman metro area was 33 in 2023, up 57.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,552 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bozeman metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Bozeman metro area is 60 (upper middle), #130 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Montana.
How the Bozeman metro area compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Bozeman metro area | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,552 | 1,593 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +57.1% | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,422 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $93,528 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33+57.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,650
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $61.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10444 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 97The 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 Bozeman metro 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 Bozeman metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,740+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 51,215
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $93,528+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,508
- Median home value
- $667,600
- Jobs located here
- 70,333
- Daytime population
- 127,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Montana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Montana, with the Bozeman metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Helena, MT | 71 | 65 | 16.7 | $3.7M | +7.7% | #56 of 387 |
| 2Missoula, MT | 66 | 90 | 16.4 | $3.6M | +4.7% | #87 of 387 |
| 3Billings, MT | 65 | 149 | 19.0 | $3.2M | +4.8% | #95 of 387 |
| 4Bozeman, MT | 60 | 104 | 20.3 | $3.2M | +7.7% | #130 of 387 |
| 5Great Falls, MT | 52 | 59 | 16.6 | $3.5M | +0.7% | #187 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bozeman metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores60
- Grocery stores47
- Convenience stores80
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
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Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Bozeman, MT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 104 grocery and convenience stores in the Bozeman metro area. 44 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 57.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bozeman, MT metro area spend on groceries?
About $328.9M a year, or $6,422 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 51,215 households in the Bozeman metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bozeman, MT metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Bozeman metro area has 20.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.2M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Bozeman metro area would have about 97, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,552 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 57.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bozeman, MT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bozeman metro area at 128,740 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,215 households. The median household income in the Bozeman metro area is $93,528 a year, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Bozeman metro area scores 60 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #130 of 387 scored metro areas.
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