Groceries and convenience · County · Nevada
Grocery and convenience stores in Carson City, NV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Carson City, NV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,277 of 2,402 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 42
- 24 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $139.2M
- On groceries · $5,876 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.7
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,571
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Carson City spend about $139.2M a year on groceries, or $5,876 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per store, 2% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 42 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Carson City as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 17.7 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carson City in 2023. That is one for every 1,185 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.4M has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carson City.
Population estimates show Carson City declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Carson City has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,277 of 2,402 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Carson City compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Carson City | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.7 | 15.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,185 | 1,691 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,876 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $72,355 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 503
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4224 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Carson City, 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 Carson City
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,571−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,692
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 404
- Median household income
- $72,355+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,042
- Median home value
- $453,000
- Jobs located here
- 29,300
- Daytime population
- 60,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nye County, NV | 78 | 31 | 14.0 | $4M | +10.3% | #225 of 2,402 |
| 2Clark County, NV | 76 | 1,281 | 14.9 | $4M | +5.8% | #267 of 2,402 |
| 3Washoe County, NV | 75 | 286 | 14.4 | $4.4M | +4.4% | #290 of 2,402 |
| 4Douglas County, NV | 71 | 24 | 11.3 | $5.6M | +1.2% | #401 of 2,402 |
| 5Lyon County, NV | 70 | 46 | 19.4 | $3.1M | +9.5% | #452 of 2,402 |
| 6Elko County, NV | 54 | 38 | 19.4 | $3.1M | +2.1% | #1,023 of 2,402 |
| 7Carson City, NV | 48 | 42 | 17.7 | $3.3M | −0.2% | #1,277 of 2,402 |
| 8Churchill County, NV | 37 | 30 | 31.5 | $1.9M | +1.1% | #1,724 of 2,402 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 32 | 18 | 26.0 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #1,892 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Carson City
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores47
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 Carson City, NV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 42 grocery and convenience stores in Carson City. 24 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carson City, NV spend on groceries?
About $139.2M a year, or $5,876 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,692 households in Carson City and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carson City, NV compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Carson City has 17.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Carson City would have about 41, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,185 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Carson City, NV growing?
Population estimates put Carson City at 58,571 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,692 households. The median household income in Carson City is $72,355 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Carson City scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,277 of 2,402 scored counties.
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