Groceries and convenience · County · Montana
Grocery and convenience stores in Carter County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Carter County, MT, 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
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.2M
- On groceries · $5,280 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 1,383
- −1.6% since 2020
See the grocery and convenience stores around any address in Carter County
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What this means
At $5,280 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Carter County spend about $3.2M a year on groceries. Spread across 2 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.6M per store.
Carter County has 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. That is 33.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Carter County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County declined 1.6%, 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 Carter County 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 | Carter County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.3 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,593 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,280 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $54,167 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 39 |
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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,383−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 600
- Median age
- 57.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 3,341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $54,167
- Average household income
- $67,789
- Median home value
- $199,200
- Jobs located here
- 290
- Daytime population
- 1,228Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Carter County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery and convenience stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Montana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Montana, with Carter County marked.
Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Missoula County, MT | 78 | 84 | 15.9 | $3.7M | +4.4% | #228 of 2,402 |
| 2Yellowstone County, MT | 77 | 127 | 18.2 | $3.3M | +4.5% | #256 of 2,402 |
| 3Lewis and Clark County, MT | 76 | 48 | 15.4 | $3.9M | +5.8% | #268 of 2,402 |
| 4Jefferson County, MT | 74 | 11 | 22.0 | $2.9M | +9.8% | #339 of 2,402 |
| 5Gallatin County, MT | 70 | 104 | 20.3 | $3.2M | +7.7% | #449 of 2,402 |
| 6Flathead County, MT | 68 | 89 | 20.1 | $2.9M | +10.1% | #515 of 2,402 |
| 7Cascade County, MT | 65 | 59 | 16.6 | $3.5M | +0.7% | #592 of 2,402 |
| 8Ravalli County, MT | 61 | 33 | 17.7 | $3.3M | +9.4% | #761 of 2,402 |
| 9Silver Bow County, MT | 54 | 31 | 20.1 | $2.7M | +2.6% | #1,037 of 2,402 |
| 10Lake County, MT | 47 | 29 | 23.1 | $2.4M | +6.9% | #1,332 of 2,402 |
| Carter County, MT | Not scored | 2 | 33.3 | $1.6M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Carter 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 Carter County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 grocery and convenience stores in Carter County. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Carter County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carter County, MT spend on groceries?
About $3.2M a year, or $5,280 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 600 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, MT compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Carter County has 2 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Carter County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 1,383 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 600 households. The median household income in Carter County is $54,167 a year, 33% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Carter County. It maps the grocery and convenience stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Carter County
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