Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery and convenience stores in Roosevelt County, NM
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Roosevelt County, NM, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 11 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,346 of 2,402 scored counties
#24 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 22
- 14 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $39M
- On groceries · $5,237 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.6
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,615
- −2.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Roosevelt County is 11 (low), #2,346 of 2,402 scored counties and #24 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Roosevelt County spend about $39M a year on groceries, or $5,237 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Roosevelt County has 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (64%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.6, 58% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for grocery and convenience stores in Roosevelt County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roosevelt County declined 2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Roosevelt 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 | Roosevelt County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.6 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.8% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,237 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $52,685 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 11 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,615−2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,441
- Median age
- 34.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,446 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $52,685+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,592
- Median home value
- $135,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,460
- Daytime population
- 17,755Residents 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 Roosevelt 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 |
| 24Roosevelt County, NM | 11 | 22 | 29.6 | $1.8M | −2.8% | #2,346 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Roosevelt County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores11
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores7
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 Roosevelt County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 grocery and convenience stores in Roosevelt County. 14 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. No official count is published for grocery and convenience stores in Roosevelt County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Roosevelt County, NM spend on groceries?
About $39M a year, or $5,237 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,441 households in Roosevelt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roosevelt County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Roosevelt County has 29.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Roosevelt County would have about 12, against 22 on map listings.
How fast is Roosevelt County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Roosevelt County at 18,615 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,441 households. The median household income in Roosevelt County is $52,685 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% 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. Roosevelt County scores 11 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,346 of 2,402 scored counties.
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