Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery and convenience stores in Rio Arriba County, NM
The grocery and convenience stores in Rio Arriba County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #617 of 2,402 scored counties
#8 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 18
- 4 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $85.6M
- On groceries · $5,471 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 40% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,832
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 grocery and convenience stores in Rio Arriba County. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 11.5 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Rio Arriba County comes to about $85.6M a year: $5,471 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 40% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Rio Arriba County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,608 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rio Arriba County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, Rio Arriba County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #617 of 2,402 scored counties and #8 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Rio Arriba County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Rio Arriba County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,608 | 2,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,471 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,155 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 149
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 184 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 Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,832−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,647
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 5,861 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7
- Median household income
- $57,155+43.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,460
- Median home value
- $243,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,255
- Daytime population
- 39,363Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Rio Arriba County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 92 | 52 | 9.1 | $6.8M | +6.9% | #29 of 2,402 |
| 2Los Alamos County, NM | 80 | 10 | 12.1 | $6.1M | 0.0% | #175 of 2,402 |
| 3Valencia County, NM | 79 | 36 | 13.1 | $4.2M | +7.2% | #203 of 2,402 |
| 4Santa Fe County, NM | 74 | 114 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +1.2% | #324 of 2,402 |
| 5Bernalillo County, NM | 71 | 349 | 12.2 | $4.8M | −1.4% | #405 of 2,402 |
| 6Torrance County, NM | 71 | 7 | 11.6 | $4.7M | +6.9% | #406 of 2,402 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 70 | 124 | 14.6 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #439 of 2,402 |
| 8Rio Arriba County, NM | 64 | 18 | 11.5 | $4.8M | −1.0% | #617 of 2,402 |
| 9Otero County, NM | 62 | 44 | 18.0 | $3M | +3.7% | #722 of 2,402 |
| 10Eddy County, NM | 62 | 51 | 21.6 | $2.7M | +0.3% | #735 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Rio Arriba County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores64
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores54
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 Rio Arriba County, NM?
Rio Arriba County has 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 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 Rio Arriba County, NM spend on groceries?
About $85.6M a year, or $5,471 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,647 households in Rio Arriba County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rio Arriba County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Rio Arriba County has 11.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.8M, 40% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Rio Arriba County would have about 25, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,608 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Rio Arriba County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Rio Arriba County at 39,832 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,647 households. Median household income in Rio Arriba County is $57,155, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.1%, 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. Rio Arriba County scores 64 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #617 of 2,402 scored counties.
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