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Grocery and convenience stores in the Cody, WY area

The grocery and convenience stores in the Cody, WY area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #175 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming

Listings
33
10 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$77.9M
On groceries · $5,846 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,171
+5.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 33 grocery and convenience stores in the Cody area. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 30%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 24.8 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in the Cody area comes to about $77.9M a year: $5,846 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per store, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Cody area in 2023. That is one for every 1,666 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Cody area grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Cody area is 61 (upper middle), #175 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.

How the Cody area compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Cody, WY area compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureCody areaWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.822.218.7
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,6662,0621,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,846$5,944$6,319
Median household income$73,035$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score6138

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
323
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3310 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 the Cody area, 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 the Cody area

Population, 2025 estimate
31,171+5.1% since 2020
Households
13,330
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
6,939 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$73,035
Average household income
$97,041
Median home value
$400,500
Jobs located here
12,969
Daytime population
30,223Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wyoming for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with the Cody area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wyoming

Small-town markets in Wyoming ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie, WY842011.7$4.8M+3.9%#9 of 538
2Gillette, WY784122.8$2.7M+2.1%#28 of 538
3Cody, WY613324.8$2.4M+5.1%#175 of 538
4Rock Springs, WY594123.4$2.5M−2.2%#189 of 538
5Sheridan, WY593323.8$2.4M+7.2%#190 of 538
6Jackson, WY-ID504833.1$2.1M+4.2%#285 of 538
7Riverton, WY493925.9$2.2M+0.7%#297 of 538
8Evanston, WY-UT462832.4$1.8M+2.0%#327 of 538

Other business types in the Cody area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Cody, WY area?

The Cody area has 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in the Cody, WY area spend on groceries?

About $77.9M a year, or $5,846 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,330 households in the Cody area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cody, WY area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Cody area has 24.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Cody area would have about 23, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,666 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is the Cody, WY area growing?

Population estimates put the Cody area at 31,171 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,330 households. Median household income in the Cody area is $73,035, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Cody area scores 61 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #175 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in the Cody area

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