Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Montana
Grocery and convenience stores in the Kalispell, MT area
How the Kalispell, MT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #41 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Montana
- Listings
- 89
- 27 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $262.2M
- On groceries · $5,928 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.1
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 115,429
- +10.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Kalispell area is 75 (high), #41 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for grocery and convenience stores.
Households in the Kalispell area spend about $262.2M a year on groceries, or $5,928 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 89 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.9M per store, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Kalispell area has 89 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 20.1 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Kalispell area was 24 in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,843 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kalispell area grew 10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Kalispell 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 | Kalispell area | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.1 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,843 | 1,593 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.1% | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,928 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $73,925 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24+9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,231
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $39.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8927 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The 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 Kalispell 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 Kalispell area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 115,429+10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 44,233
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 5,087 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $73,925+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,728
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 49,504
- Daytime population
- 110,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Montana for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Montana, with the Kalispell area marked.
Top small-town markets in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kalispell, MT | 75 | 89 | 20.1 | $2.9M | +10.1% | #41 of 538 |
| 2Butte-Silver Bow, MT | 61 | 31 | 20.1 | $2.7M | +2.6% | #170 of 538 |
Other business types in the Kalispell area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores75
- Grocery stores68
- Convenience stores84
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Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Kalispell, MT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 grocery and convenience stores in the Kalispell area. 27 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kalispell, MT area spend on groceries?
About $262.2M a year, or $5,928 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,233 households in the Kalispell area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kalispell, MT area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Kalispell area has 20.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Kalispell area would have about 77, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,843 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kalispell, MT area growing?
Population estimates put the Kalispell area at 115,429 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,233 households. The median household income in the Kalispell area is $73,925 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. 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 Kalispell area scores 75 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #41 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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