Groceries and convenience · County · Utah
Grocery stores in Sanpete County, UT
How Sanpete 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,494 of 2,070 scored counties
#11 of 14 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 14
- 4 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51.2M
- On groceries · $5,764 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 61% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,453
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Sanpete County comes to about $51.2M a year: $5,764 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per store, 61% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 14 grocery stores on map listings in Sanpete County as of September 2026. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 15.8 per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Sanpete County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 1,778 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Sanpete County grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sanpete County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,494 of 2,070 scored counties and #11 of 14 scored counties in Utah.
How Sanpete 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 | Sanpete County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $12.8M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,778 | 2,737 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.2% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,764 | $6,417 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $70,083 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 85 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 250
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 144 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 Sanpete 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 Sanpete County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,453+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,888
- Median age
- 34.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,590 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $70,083+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,824
- Median home value
- $347,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,877
- Daytime population
- 27,248Residents 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 |
| 11Sanpete County, UT | 36 | 14 | 15.8 | $3.7M | +10.3% | #1,494 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Sanpete County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores44
- Grocery stores36
- Convenience stores61
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 Sanpete County, UT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 grocery stores in Sanpete County. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Sanpete County, UT spend on groceries?
About $51.2M a year, or $5,764 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 8,888 households in Sanpete County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sanpete County, UT compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Sanpete County has 15.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $3.7M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Sanpete County would have about 6, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,778 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Sanpete County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Sanpete County at 31,453 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,888 households. The median household income in Sanpete County is $70,083 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Sanpete County scores 36 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,494 of 2,070 scored counties.
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