Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Wyoming
Grocery and convenience stores in the Gillette, WY area
How the Gillette, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #28 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 41
- 19 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $111.8M
- On groceries · $6,214 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.8
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,145
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Gillette area is 78 (high), #28 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for grocery and convenience stores.
Household spending on groceries in the Gillette area comes to about $111.8M a year: $6,214 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 41 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Gillette area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.8, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Gillette area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,598 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $149K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Gillette area. Population estimates put the population change in the Gillette area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Gillette 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.
| Measure | Gillette area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.8 | 22.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,598 | 2,062 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,214 | $5,944 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $89,869 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 245
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $149K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Gillette 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 Gillette area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,145+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 17,988
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,802 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $89,869
- Average household income
- $106,141
- Median home value
- $279,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,989
- Daytime population
- 48,158Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie, WY | 84 | 20 | 11.7 | $4.8M | +3.9% | #9 of 538 |
| 2Gillette, WY | 78 | 41 | 22.8 | $2.7M | +2.1% | #28 of 538 |
| 3Cody, WY | 61 | 33 | 24.8 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #175 of 538 |
| 4Rock Springs, WY | 59 | 41 | 23.4 | $2.5M | −2.2% | #189 of 538 |
| 5Sheridan, WY | 59 | 33 | 23.8 | $2.4M | +7.2% | #190 of 538 |
| 6Jackson, WY-ID | 50 | 48 | 33.1 | $2.1M | +4.2% | #285 of 538 |
| 7Riverton, WY | 49 | 39 | 25.9 | $2.2M | +0.7% | #297 of 538 |
| 8Evanston, WY-UT | 46 | 28 | 32.4 | $1.8M | +2.0% | #327 of 538 |
Other business types in the Gillette area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores78
- Grocery stores87
- Convenience stores69
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 the Gillette, WY area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 41 grocery and convenience stores in the Gillette area. 19 of them (46%) 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gillette, WY area spend on groceries?
About $111.8M a year, or $6,214 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,988 households in the Gillette area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gillette, WY area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Gillette area has 22.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.7M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Gillette area would have about 33, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,598 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gillette, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Gillette area at 48,145 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,988 households. The median household income in the Gillette area is $89,869 a year, 11% above 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 Gillette area scores 78 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #28 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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