Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Colorado
Grocery stores in the Alamosa, CO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Alamosa, CO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #410 of 506 scored small-town markets
#9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 11
- 3 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.5M
- On groceries · $5,279 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,896
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, the Alamosa area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #410 of 506 scored small-town markets and #9 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 grocery stores in the Alamosa area. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Households in the Alamosa area spend about $60.5M a year on groceries, or $5,279 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.5M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Alamosa area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 2,293 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Alamosa area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Alamosa area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Alamosa area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $14.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,293 | 3,044 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,279 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,237 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 192
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Alamosa 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 Alamosa area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,896+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,463
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $51,237
- Average household income
- $69,885
- Median home value
- $217,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,147
- Daytime population
- 26,558Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Alamosa area marked.
Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durango, CO | 74 | 12 | 4.9 | $12.6M | +2.2% | #51 of 506 |
| 2Steamboat Springs, CO | 71 | 8 | 4.8 | $13.4M | +0.9% | #64 of 506 |
| 3Montrose, CO | 69 | 8 | 4.4 | $13M | +4.1% | #75 of 506 |
| 4Cañon City, CO | 65 | 11 | 6.1 | $9.1M | +2.4% | #110 of 506 |
| 5Fort Morgan, CO | 59 | 7 | 6.3 | $9M | +4.2% | #168 of 506 |
| 6Rifle, CO | 57 | 30 | 9.2 | $7M | +1.2% | #198 of 506 |
| 7Breckenridge, CO | 40 | 17 | 10.9 | $6.2M | +1.1% | #357 of 506 |
| 8Edwards, CO | 35 | 22 | 10.0 | $6.7M | −2.4% | #393 of 506 |
| 9Alamosa, CO | 33 | 11 | 9.6 | $5.5M | +2.1% | #410 of 506 |
| 10Sterling, CO | 19 | 7 | 8.5 | $6.3M | −2.7% | #473 of 506 |
Other business types in the Alamosa area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores35
- Grocery stores33
- Convenience stores40
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Alamosa, CO area?
There are 11 grocery stores on map listings in the Alamosa area as of September 2026. 3 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Alamosa, CO area spend on groceries?
About $60.5M a year, or $5,279 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,463 households in the Alamosa area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alamosa, CO area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Alamosa area has 9.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.5M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Alamosa area would have about 7, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,293 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Alamosa, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Alamosa area at 27,896 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,463 households. Median household income in the Alamosa area is $51,237, 37% 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 Alamosa area scores 33 for grocery stores (lower middle), #410 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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