Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Arizona
Grocery stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area
The grocery stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #112 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $280.5M
- On groceries · $5,502 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.4M
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 126,332
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 grocery stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area comes to about $280.5M a year: $5,502 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.4M per store, 44% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,642 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #112 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.
How the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery 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 | Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 4.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.4M | $15M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,642 | 3,561 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.9% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,502 | $6,084 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,742 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 702
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro 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 Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 126,332+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 50,982
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 6,210 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 20
- Median household income
- $59,742+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,017
- Median home value
- $218,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,807
- Daytime population
- 114,440Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 88 | 742 | 3.9 | $16M | +7.3% | #7 of 387 |
| 2Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 78 | 44 | 4.0 | $14.6M | +6.5% | #24 of 387 |
| 3Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 77 | 19 | 1.9 | $29.3M | +6.5% | #25 of 387 |
| 4Tucson, AZ | 74 | 155 | 3.5 | $16.5M | +2.8% | #40 of 387 |
| 5Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 61 | 21 | 4.1 | $13.4M | +0.6% | #112 of 387 |
| 6Flagstaff, AZ | 59 | 27 | 4.9 | $12.1M | −0.6% | #131 of 387 |
| 7Yuma, AZ | 44 | 51 | 6.4 | $8.6M | +9.2% | #239 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores47
- Grocery stores61
- Convenience stores38
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Health care
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area?
The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 21 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area spend on groceries?
About $280.5M a year, or $5,502 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $13.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,982 households in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area has 4.1 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $13.4M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area would have about 30, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,642 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area at 126,332 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,982 households. Median household income in the Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area is $59,742, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. The Sierra Vista-Douglas metro area scores 61 for grocery stores (upper middle), #112 of 387 scored metro areas.
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