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Grocery and convenience stores in Natrona County, WY
How Natrona County, WY 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #356 of 2,402 scored counties
#3 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming
- Listings
- 52
- 33 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $199.7M
- On groceries · $5,893 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,526
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 grocery and convenience stores in Natrona County. 33 of them (63%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.3, 18% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Natrona County spend about $199.7M a year on groceries, or $5,893 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Natrona County in 2023. That is one for every 4,236 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Natrona County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Natrona County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #356 of 2,402 scored counties and #3 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Natrona County 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 | Natrona County | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 22.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,236 | 2,062 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,893 | $5,944 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $72,156 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 437
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5233 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 Natrona 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 Natrona County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,526+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 33,886
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 5,341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $72,156+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,678
- Median home value
- $273,000
- Jobs located here
- 41,461
- Daytime population
- 82,170Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Laramie County, WY | 80 | 64 | 14.8 | $4.1M | +2.2% | #183 of 2,402 |
| 2Albany County, WY | 79 | 20 | 11.7 | $4.8M | +3.9% | #197 of 2,402 |
| 3Natrona County, WY | 73 | 52 | 15.3 | $3.8M | +0.3% | #356 of 2,402 |
| 4Campbell County, WY | 69 | 41 | 22.8 | $2.7M | +2.1% | #484 of 2,402 |
| 5Park County, WY | 55 | 33 | 24.8 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #999 of 2,402 |
| 6Lincoln County, WY | 55 | 23 | 27.6 | $2.3M | +7.8% | #1,002 of 2,402 |
| 7Sheridan County, WY | 54 | 33 | 23.8 | $2.4M | +7.2% | #1,046 of 2,402 |
| 8Sweetwater County, WY | 53 | 41 | 23.4 | $2.5M | −2.2% | #1,088 of 2,402 |
| 9Converse County, WY | 50 | 11 | 19.1 | $3.1M | +0.6% | #1,200 of 2,402 |
| 10Uinta County, WY | 46 | 20 | 25.9 | $2.3M | +1.3% | #1,368 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Natrona County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores73
- Grocery stores76
- Convenience stores60
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 Natrona County, WY?
Natrona County has 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (63%) 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. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Natrona County, WY spend on groceries?
About $199.7M a year, or $5,893 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,886 households in Natrona County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Natrona County, WY compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Natrona County has 15.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Natrona County would have about 59, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,236 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Natrona County, WY growing?
Population estimates put Natrona County at 80,526 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,886 households. Median household income in Natrona County is $72,156, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.0%, 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. Natrona County scores 73 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #356 of 2,402 scored counties.
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