Groceries and convenience · County · Colorado
Grocery stores in Dolores County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Dolores County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On groceries · $5,773 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 2,466
- +5.8% since 2020
See the grocery stores around any address in Dolores County
The site report maps the grocery stores on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Dolores County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 grocery store in Dolores County. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on groceries in Dolores County comes to about $7.2M a year: $5,773 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.2M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Dolores County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Dolores County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Dolores County 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 | Dolores County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $14.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,044 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,773 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $64,907 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Dolores 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 Dolores County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,466+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 1,254
- Median age
- 52.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.7
- Land area
- 1,067 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $64,907
- Average household income
- $86,999
- Median home value
- $247,600
- Jobs located here
- 521
- Daytime population
- 2,156Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Dolores County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the grocery stores on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Dolores County marked.
Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, CO | 97 | 45 | 3.2 | $23.2M | +10.9% | #4 of 2,070 |
| 2Broomfield County, CO | 95 | 10 | 3.1 | $22.4M | +6.3% | #11 of 2,070 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 92 | 47 | 3.8 | $16.9M | +14.2% | #36 of 2,070 |
| 4Larimer County, CO | 89 | 65 | 4.2 | $15.1M | +4.8% | #63 of 2,070 |
| 5El Paso County, CO | 88 | 82 | 2.8 | $22.4M | +3.2% | #67 of 2,070 |
| 6Jefferson County, CO | 82 | 66 | 2.7 | $24.8M | −0.5% | #145 of 2,070 |
| 7Adams County, CO | 81 | 76 | 4.0 | $15.9M | +6.6% | #163 of 2,070 |
| 8Denver County, CO | 80 | 162 | 4.8 | $13.4M | +3.2% | #191 of 2,070 |
| 9Arapahoe County, CO | 79 | 117 | 4.5 | $14.5M | +2.8% | #214 of 2,070 |
| 10Mesa County, CO | 75 | 33 | 5.0 | $11.7M | +4.4% | #296 of 2,070 |
| Dolores County, CO | Not scored | 1 | 8.0 | $7.2M | +5.8% |
Other business types in Dolores County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
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 stores are in Dolores County, CO?
Dolores County has 1 grocery store on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Dolores County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dolores County, CO spend on groceries?
About $7.2M a year, or $5,773 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 grocery store on map listings, it comes to $7.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,254 households in Dolores County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dolores County, CO compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Dolores County has 1 grocery store on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending.
How fast is Dolores County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Dolores County at 2,466 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,254 households. Median household income in Dolores County is $64,907, 20% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Dolores County. It maps the grocery stores on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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