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Grocery and convenience stores in San Juan County, UT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in San Juan County, UT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,148 of 2,402 scored counties
#21 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 13
- 5 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.3M
- On groceries · $5,546 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.5
- 52% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,542
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
San Juan County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #2,148 of 2,402 scored counties and #21 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in San Juan County spend about $25.3M a year on groceries, or $5,546 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
San Juan County has 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 28.5 per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in San Juan County in 2023. That is one for every 911 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show San Juan County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How San Juan 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 | San Juan County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.5 | 16.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 911 | 1,900 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,546 | $6,417 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $64,481 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,542+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,555
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 7,824 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $64,481+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,086
- Median home value
- $224,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,444
- Daytime population
- 14,561Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 21San Juan County, UT | 23 | 13 | 28.5 | $1.9M | +0.1% | #2,148 of 2,402 |
Other business types in San Juan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores23
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores21
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 San Juan County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 grocery and convenience stores in San Juan County. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in San Juan County, UT spend on groceries?
About $25.3M a year, or $5,546 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,555 households in San Juan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Juan County, UT compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
San Juan County has 28.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.9M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, San Juan County would have about 8, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 911 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is San Juan County, UT growing?
Population estimates put San Juan County at 14,542 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,555 households. The median household income in San Juan County is $64,481 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.1% 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. San Juan County scores 23 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #2,148 of 2,402 scored counties.
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