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Grocery and convenience stores in Salt Lake County, UT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Salt Lake County, UT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #264 of 2,402 scored counties
#10 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 633
- 339 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 266
- +29.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.8B
- On groceries · $6,482 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,220,916
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Salt Lake County spend about $2.8B a year on groceries, or $6,482 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 29% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 633 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Salt Lake County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 54% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 14.9 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 266 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Salt Lake County in 2023, up 29.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,602 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 242 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $10.2M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Salt Lake County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Salt Lake County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Salt Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #264 of 2,402 scored counties and #10 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Salt Lake County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Salt Lake County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 16.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,602 | 1,900 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.8% | +24.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,482 | $6,417 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $97,494 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 205 → 266+29.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 10,661
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $331.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 242Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 633339 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 816The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $10.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,220,916+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 426,245
- Median age
- 35.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,590
- Median household income
- $97,494+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,987
- Median home value
- $525,700
- Jobs located here
- 775,993
- Daytime population
- 1,357,402Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Utah for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Utah, with Salt Lake County marked.
Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Davis County, UT | 93 | 138 | 11.9 | $5.6M | +4.8% | #24 of 2,402 |
| 2Utah County, UT | 93 | 293 | 14.4 | $4.5M | +14.5% | #27 of 2,402 |
| 3Tooele County, UT | 91 | 37 | 15.5 | $4.3M | +19.2% | #44 of 2,402 |
| 4Washington County, UT | 84 | 110 | 15.8 | $3.9M | +17.4% | #116 of 2,402 |
| 5Cache County, UT | 83 | 65 | 14.6 | $4.2M | +8.5% | #131 of 2,402 |
| 6Wasatch County, UT | 81 | 20 | 15.5 | $4.5M | +9.9% | #162 of 2,402 |
| 7Box Elder County, UT | 78 | 38 | 19.4 | $3.1M | +12.7% | #231 of 2,402 |
| 8Morgan County, UT | 78 | 9 | 23.8 | $3M | +8.1% | #233 of 2,402 |
| 9Weber County, UT | 77 | 152 | 16.1 | $3.9M | +5.8% | #246 of 2,402 |
| 10Salt Lake County, UT | 76 | 633 | 14.9 | $4.4M | +2.9% | #264 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Salt Lake County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores76
- Grocery stores73
- Convenience stores79
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 Salt Lake County, UT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 633 grocery and convenience stores in Salt Lake County. 339 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 266 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 29.8% from 2019. Official counts list 242 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Salt Lake County, UT spend on groceries?
About $2.8B a year, or $6,482 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 633 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 426,245 households in Salt Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Salt Lake County, UT compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Salt Lake County has 14.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.4M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Salt Lake County would have about 816, against 633 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,602 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Salt Lake County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Salt Lake County at 1,220,916 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 426,245 households. The median household income in Salt Lake County is $97,494 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Salt Lake County scores 76 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #264 of 2,402 scored counties.
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