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Grocery and convenience stores in Sanpete County, UT
The grocery and convenience stores in Sanpete County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,458 of 2,402 scored counties
#18 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 26
- 10 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.2M
- On groceries · $5,764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.3
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,453
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Sanpete County comes to about $51.2M a year: $5,764 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per store, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Sanpete County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.3, 57% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Sanpete County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,270 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Sanpete County grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Sanpete County is 44 (lower middle), #1,458 of 2,402 scored counties and #18 of 21 scored counties in Utah.
How Sanpete 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 | Sanpete County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.3 | 16.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,270 | 1,900 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,764 | $6,417 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,083 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 256
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2610 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Sanpete 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 Sanpete County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,453+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,888
- Median age
- 34.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,590 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $70,083+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,824
- Median home value
- $347,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,877
- Daytime population
- 27,248Residents 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 |
| 18Sanpete County, UT | 44 | 26 | 29.3 | $2M | +10.3% | #1,458 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Sanpete County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores44
- Grocery stores36
- Convenience stores61
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 Sanpete County, UT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 grocery and convenience stores in Sanpete County. 10 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sanpete County, UT spend on groceries?
About $51.2M a year, or $5,764 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,888 households in Sanpete County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sanpete County, UT compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Sanpete County has 29.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Sanpete County would have about 15, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,270 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Sanpete County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Sanpete County at 31,453 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,888 households. The median household income in Sanpete County is $70,083 a year, 13% below 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. Sanpete County scores 44 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,458 of 2,402 scored counties.
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