Groceries and convenience · County · Colorado
Grocery stores in Douglas County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Douglas County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 97 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #4 of 2,070 scored counties
#1 of 32 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 45
- 26 chain locations (58%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On groceries · $7,448 a household
- Spending per listing
- $23.2M
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 53% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 399,396
- +10.9% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery stores, Douglas County has a Groundwork market score of 97 (very high): #4 of 2,070 scored counties and #1 of 32 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 grocery stores in Douglas County. Chain locations make up 58% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Households in Douglas County spend about $1B a year on groceries, or $7,448 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That is about $23.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 2.5 times 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 Douglas County was 32 in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,374 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $127K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Douglas County. Population estimates show Douglas County grew 10.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Douglas 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 | Douglas County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $23.2M | $14.3M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,374 | 3,044 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.3% | +0.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,448 | $6,458 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $149,594 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 97 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 32+14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,811
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $109.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4526 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 112The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $127K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 399,396+10.9% since 2020
- Households
- 139,960
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 840 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 449
- Median household income
- $149,594+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $183,544
- Median home value
- $713,600
- Jobs located here
- 144,461
- Daytime population
- 321,562Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Douglas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores98
- Grocery stores97
- Convenience stores98
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 Douglas County, CO?
There are 45 grocery stores on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. 26 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Douglas County, CO spend on groceries?
About $1B a year, or $7,448 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $23.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 139,960 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, CO compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Douglas County has 3.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $23.2M, 2.5 times the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Douglas County would have about 112, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,374 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 399,396 people in 2025, up 10.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 139,960 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $149,594, 85% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Douglas County scores 97 for grocery stores (very high), #4 of 2,070 scored counties.
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