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Grocery and convenience stores in Utah County, UT
How Utah County, UT 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 93 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #27 of 2,402 scored counties
#2 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 293
- 144 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- +16.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On groceries · $6,552 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 759,859
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Utah County has a Groundwork market score of 93 (very high): #27 of 2,402 scored counties and #2 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 293 grocery and convenience stores in Utah County. Of those, 144 are chain locations, or 49%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 14.4 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Utah County spend about $1.3B a year on groceries, or $6,552 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 293 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4.5M per store, 34% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Utah County in 2023, up 16.1% from 2019. That is one for every 3,123 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $557K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Utah County. Population estimates put the population change in Utah County from 2020 to 2025 at +14.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Utah 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 | Utah County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 16.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $3.9M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,123 | 1,900 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.1% | +24.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,552 | $6,417 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $100,671 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 93 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 56 → 65+16.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,819
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $99.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 169Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 293144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 393The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $557K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Utah 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 Utah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 759,859+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 203,018
- Median age
- 27.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,005 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 352
- Median household income
- $100,671+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,622
- Median home value
- $538,700
- Jobs located here
- 295,403
- Daytime population
- 667,806Residents 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 |
Other business types in Utah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores93
- Grocery stores92
- Convenience stores92
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 Utah County, UT?
There are 293 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Utah County as of September 2026. 144 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 16.1% from 2019. Official counts list 169 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Utah County, UT spend on groceries?
About $1.3B a year, or $6,552 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 293 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 203,018 households in Utah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Utah County, UT compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Utah County has 14.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.5M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Utah County would have about 393, against 293 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,123 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Utah County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Utah County at 759,859 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 203,018 households. Median household income in Utah County is $100,671, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Utah County scores 93 for grocery and convenience stores (very high), #27 of 2,402 scored counties.
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