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Grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County, NV

The grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #401 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada

Listings
24
11 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$135.5M
On groceries · $6,353 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
67% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.3
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,111
+1.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 24 grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 46%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.3, 40% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $6,353 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $135.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 24 grocery and convenience stores, that is $5.6M per store, 67% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Douglas County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $345K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Douglas County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #401 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Douglas County 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Douglas County, NV compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.315.218.7
Spending per listing$5.6M$4M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,4221,6911,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,353$6,037$6,319
Median household income$90,754$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market score7169

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 15
Employees, 2023
325
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2411 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$345K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,111+1.2% since 2020
Households
21,325
Median age
53.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
711 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$90,754+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,388
Median home value
$615,400
Jobs located here
19,069
Daytime population
48,760Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Nevada

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The highest-scoring counties in Nevada for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Nevada, with Douglas County marked.

Top counties in Nevada

Counties in Nevada ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Nye County, NV783114.0$4M+10.3%#225 of 2,402
2Clark County, NV761,28114.9$4M+5.8%#267 of 2,402
3Washoe County, NV7528614.4$4.4M+4.4%#290 of 2,402
4Douglas County, NV712411.3$5.6M+1.2%#401 of 2,402
5Lyon County, NV704619.4$3.1M+9.5%#452 of 2,402
6Elko County, NV543819.4$3.1M+2.1%#1,023 of 2,402
7Carson City, NV484217.7$3.3M−0.2%#1,277 of 2,402
8Churchill County, NV373031.5$1.9M+1.1%#1,724 of 2,402
9Humboldt County, NV321826.0$2.3M0.0%#1,892 of 2,402

Other business types in Douglas County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Douglas County, NV?

Douglas County has 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Douglas County, NV spend on groceries?

About $135.5M a year, or $6,353 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,325 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Douglas County, NV compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Douglas County has 11.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.6M, 67% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Douglas County would have about 40, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,422 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, NV growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 50,111 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,325 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $90,754, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. Douglas County scores 71 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #401 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Douglas County

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