Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Idaho
Grocery stores in the Pocatello, ID metro area
How the Pocatello, ID metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #164 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 19
- 9 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $191.3M
- On groceries · $5,695 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.1M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,591
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Pocatello metro area spend about $191.3M a year on groceries, or $5,695 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 19 grocery stores, that is $10.1M per store, 8% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 19 grocery stores on map listings in the Pocatello metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Pocatello metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,054 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $413K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Pocatello metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Pocatello metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery stores, the Pocatello metro area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #164 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.
How the Pocatello metro area compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Pocatello metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.1M | $10.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,054 | 2,565 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,695 | $6,000 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,499 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 470
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 199 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $413K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Pocatello 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 Pocatello metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,591+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,590
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,113 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $66,499
- Average household income
- $87,434
- Median home value
- $300,700
- Jobs located here
- 35,810
- Daytime population
- 86,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pocatello metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boise City, ID | 88 | 121 | 4.0 | $15.6M | +12.2% | #8 of 387 |
| 2Idaho Falls, ID | 86 | 18 | 3.2 | $18.6M | +9.8% | #11 of 387 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 75 | 21 | 4.3 | $14.3M | +8.8% | #32 of 387 |
| 3Coeur d’Alene, ID | 73 | 41 | 5.8 | $10.5M | +11.0% | #46 of 387 |
| 4Pocatello, ID | 55 | 19 | 5.7 | $10.1M | +4.9% | #164 of 387 |
| 5Twin Falls, ID | 42 | 28 | 6.5 | $8.9M | +8.1% | #250 of 387 |
| 6Lewiston, ID-WA | 33 | 17 | 6.4 | $9.2M | +1.5% | #306 of 387 |
Other business types in the Pocatello 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 stores56
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores47
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Pocatello, ID metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 grocery stores in the Pocatello metro area. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Pocatello, ID metro area spend on groceries?
About $191.3M a year, or $5,695 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.1M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,590 households in the Pocatello metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pocatello, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Pocatello metro area has 5.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.1M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Pocatello metro area would have about 21, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,054 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pocatello, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pocatello metro area at 91,591 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,590 households. The median household income in the Pocatello metro area is $66,499 a year, 18% 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 Pocatello metro area scores 55 for grocery stores (upper middle), #164 of 387 scored metro areas.
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