SNAP-authorized stores in Arizona
3,784 stores were authorized to accept SNAP benefits in Arizona on Dec 31, 2025, the last day of the USDA file.
Leasing, buying or supplying a store? A dated SNAP authorization report ($19) — or a whole territory, with the stores that opened and closed.
By store type
Stores that joined and left the program
| Year | Authorizations started | Authorizations ended |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211 | 267 |
| 2024 | 256 | 259 |
| 2023 | 221 | 210 |
| 2022 | 200 | 205 |
| 2021 | 254 | 243 |
Counted from the authorization periods in the file. An ended authorization is not a penalty: the file gives no reason.
By city
- Apache Junction — 27
- Avondale — 38
- Benson — 14
- Bisbee — 10
- Buckeye — 31
- Bullhead City — 33
- Camp Verde — 11
- Casa Grande — 42
- Cave Creek — 12
- Chandler — 114
- Coolidge — 15
- Cottonwood — 19
- Douglas — 15
- El Mirage — 14
- Eloy — 17
- Flagstaff — 58
- Fountain Hills — 10
- Gilbert — 94
- Glendale — 154
- Globe — 10
- Goodyear — 33
- Green Valley — 15
- Holbrook — 11
- Kingman — 48
- Lake Havasu City — 36
- Laveen — 15
- Marana — 18
- Maricopa — 19
- Mesa — 280
- Nogales — 19
- Oro Valley — 13
- Parker — 13
- Payson — 12
- Peoria — 83
- Phoenix — 803
- Prescott — 35
- Prescott Valley — 23
- Quartzsite — 10
- Queen Creek — 33
- Safford — 18
- San Luis — 13
- San Tan Valley — 11
- Scottsdale — 110
- Sedona — 14
- Show Low — 21
- Sierra Vista — 31
- Sun City — 17
- Surprise — 60
- Tempe — 107
- Tolleson — 16
- Tucson — 527
- Willcox — 10
- Winslow — 11
- Yuma — 82
Smaller places of Arizona — 479 stores.