Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Montana
Grocery stores in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area
How the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #116 of 506 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Montana
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $84.4M
- On groceries · $5,472 a household
- Spending per listing
- $14.1M
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 grocery stores in the Butte-Silver Bow area. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.9, 43% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $5,472 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Butte-Silver Bow area spend about $84.4M a year on groceries. That works out to $14.1M per store, 51% above 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 Butte-Silver Bow area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,203 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Butte-Silver Bow area grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in the Butte-Silver Bow area is 63 (upper middle), #116 of 506 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Montana. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Butte-Silver Bow area compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Butte-Silver Bow area | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 7.6 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $14.1M | $7.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,203 | 1,765 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,472 | $5,881 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 194
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 63 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Butte-Silver Bow 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 Butte-Silver Bow area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kalispell, MT | 68 | 25 | 5.7 | $10.5M | +10.1% | #86 of 506 |
| 2Butte-Silver Bow, MT | 63 | 6 | 3.9 | $14.1M | +2.6% | #116 of 506 |
Other business types in the Butte-Silver Bow area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores61
- Grocery stores63
- Convenience stores43
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area?
The Butte-Silver Bow area has 6 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area spend on groceries?
About $84.4M a year, or $5,472 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $14.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,419 households in the Butte-Silver Bow area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Butte-Silver Bow area has 3.9 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $14.1M, 51% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Butte-Silver Bow area would have about 9, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,203 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Butte-Silver Bow, MT area growing?
Population estimates put the Butte-Silver Bow area at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. Median household income in the Butte-Silver Bow area is $61,754, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.1%, 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. 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 Butte-Silver Bow area scores 63 for grocery stores (upper middle), #116 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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