Groceries and convenience · County · New Mexico
Grocery and convenience stores in Sandoval County, NM
How Sandoval County, NM 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 92 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #29 of 2,402 scored counties
#1 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 52
- 28 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $352.3M
- On groceries · $6,192 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 159,565
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Sandoval County is 92 (very high), #29 of 2,402 scored counties and #1 of 25 scored counties in New Mexico. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
At $6,192 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Sandoval County spend about $352.3M a year on groceries. Spread across 52 grocery and convenience stores, that is $6.8M per store, twice the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Sandoval County as of September 2026. Of those, 28 are chain locations, or 54%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Sandoval County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 4,377 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Sandoval County grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Sandoval 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 | Sandoval County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,377 | 2,888 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,192 | $5,673 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $86,636 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 92 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 627
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5228 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The 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 Sandoval 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 Sandoval County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 159,565+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 56,895
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,710 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $86,636+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,102
- Median home value
- $313,800
- Jobs located here
- 35,682
- Daytime population
- 121,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Sandoval County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores92
- Grocery stores91
- Convenience stores87
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 Sandoval County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 grocery and convenience stores in Sandoval County. 28 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sandoval County, NM spend on groceries?
About $352.3M a year, or $6,192 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,895 households in Sandoval County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sandoval County, NM compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Sandoval County has 9.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $6.8M, twice the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sandoval County would have about 104, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,377 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Sandoval County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Sandoval County at 159,565 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,895 households. The median household income in Sandoval County is $86,636 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. Sandoval County scores 92 for grocery and convenience stores (very high), #29 of 2,402 scored counties.
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