Groceries and convenience · County · Nevada
Grocery stores in Churchill County, NV
How Churchill County, NV compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,231 of 2,070 scored counties
#8 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 8
- 3 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $56.5M
- On groceries · $5,938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.1M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,851
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 grocery stores in Churchill County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in Churchill County comes to about $56.5M a year: $5,938 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.1M per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. 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 Churchill County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Churchill County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Churchill County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,231 of 2,070 scored counties and #8 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Churchill County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Churchill County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 4.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.1M | $13.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,322 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.4% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,938 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $79,163 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 81 |
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
- 83 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Churchill 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 Churchill County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,851+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,516
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $79,163+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,538
- Median home value
- $329,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,037
- Daytime population
- 22,681Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nye County, NV | 84 | 6 | 2.7 | $20.7M | +10.3% | #115 of 2,070 |
| 2Douglas County, NV | 83 | 6 | 2.8 | $22.6M | +1.2% | #128 of 2,070 |
| 3Clark County, NV | 82 | 371 | 4.3 | $13.9M | +5.8% | #153 of 2,070 |
| 4Washoe County, NV | 82 | 91 | 4.6 | $13.7M | +4.4% | #155 of 2,070 |
| 5Lyon County, NV | 73 | 14 | 5.9 | $10.2M | +9.5% | #343 of 2,070 |
| 6Carson City, NV | 64 | 11 | 4.6 | $12.7M | −0.2% | #561 of 2,070 |
| 7Elko County, NV | 61 | 8 | 4.1 | $14.9M | +2.1% | #637 of 2,070 |
| 8Churchill County, NV | 44 | 8 | 8.4 | $7.1M | +1.1% | #1,231 of 2,070 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 36 | 6 | 8.7 | $6.8M | 0.0% | #1,479 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Churchill County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores37
- Grocery stores44
- Convenience stores38
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 Churchill County, NV?
There are 8 grocery stores on map listings in Churchill County as of September 2026. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Churchill County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Churchill County, NV spend on groceries?
About $56.5M a year, or $5,938 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $7.1M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,516 households in Churchill County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Churchill County, NV compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Churchill County has 8.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $7.1M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Churchill County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Churchill County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Churchill County at 25,851 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,516 households. Median household income in Churchill County is $79,163, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.9%, 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. Churchill County scores 44 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,231 of 2,070 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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