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Grocery stores in Carbon County, UT
How Carbon County, UT 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,527 of 2,070 scored counties
#12 of 14 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $44M
- On groceries · $5,422 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.8M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,680
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery stores in Carbon County. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 9% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Households in Carbon County spend about $44M a year on groceries, or $5,422 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8.8M per store, 5% below 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 Carbon County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,354 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Carbon County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carbon County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,527 of 2,070 scored counties and #12 of 14 scored counties in Utah.
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Carbon County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.8M | $12.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,354 | 2,737 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,422 | $6,417 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,377 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 85 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 192
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,680+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,123
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $58,377+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,548
- Median home value
- $228,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,904
- Daytime population
- 17,852Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tooele County, UT | 95 | 10 | 4.2 | $15.7M | +19.2% | #16 of 2,070 |
| 2Davis County, UT | 93 | 34 | 2.9 | $22.9M | +4.8% | #25 of 2,070 |
| 3Utah County, UT | 92 | 90 | 4.4 | $14.8M | +14.5% | #39 of 2,070 |
| 4Box Elder County, UT | 89 | 7 | 3.6 | $17M | +12.7% | #60 of 2,070 |
| 5Weber County, UT | 85 | 41 | 4.4 | $14.4M | +5.8% | #111 of 2,070 |
| 6Cache County, UT | 80 | 16 | 3.6 | $16.9M | +8.5% | #183 of 2,070 |
| 7Washington County, UT | 80 | 39 | 5.6 | $10.9M | +17.4% | #203 of 2,070 |
| 8Iron County, UT | 74 | 12 | 6.0 | $9.7M | +16.4% | #332 of 2,070 |
| 9Salt Lake County, UT | 73 | 212 | 5.0 | $13M | +2.9% | #335 of 2,070 |
| 10Summit County, UT | 39 | 19 | 12.1 | $6M | +1.6% | #1,406 of 2,070 |
| 12Carbon County, UT | 34 | 5 | 6.2 | $8.8M | +1.0% | #1,527 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Carbon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores51
- Grocery stores34
- Convenience stores54
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 Carbon County, UT?
There are 5 grocery stores on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Carbon County, UT spend on groceries?
About $44M a year, or $5,422 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $8.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,123 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, UT compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Carbon County has 6.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $8.8M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,354 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 20,680 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,123 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $58,377, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. 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. Carbon County scores 34 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,527 of 2,070 scored counties.
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