Groceries and convenience · County · Montana
Grocery and convenience stores in Silver Bow County, MT
How Silver Bow County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,037 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 21 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 31
- 16 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $84.4M
- On groceries · $5,472 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.1
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,472 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Silver Bow County spend about $84.4M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.7M per store, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 31 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Silver Bow County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.1, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Silver Bow County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,203 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Silver Bow County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Silver Bow County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,037 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 21 scored counties in Montana.
How Silver Bow 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 | Silver Bow County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.1 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,203 | 1,593 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,472 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 194
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Silver Bow County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores54
- Grocery stores58
- Convenience stores38
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 Silver Bow County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 grocery and convenience stores in Silver Bow County. 16 of them (52%) 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Silver Bow County, MT spend on groceries?
About $84.4M a year, or $5,472 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,419 households in Silver Bow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Silver Bow County, MT compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Silver Bow County has 20.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Silver Bow County would have about 25, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,203 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Silver Bow County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Silver Bow County at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. The median household income in Silver Bow County is $61,754 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. Silver Bow County scores 54 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,037 of 2,402 scored counties.
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