Groceries and convenience · Metro area · California
Convenience stores in the Modesto, CA metro area
How the Modesto, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #232 of 387 scored metro areas
#18 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 162
- 110 chain locations (68%)
- Official establishments
- 44
- −12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On groceries · $6,100 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.7M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 557,719
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 162 convenience stores in the Modesto metro area. Chain locations make up 68% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Modesto metro area spend about $1.1B a year on groceries, or $6,100 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 44 businesses with payroll in the Modesto metro area classed as convenience stores, down 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,043 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $410K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Modesto metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Modesto metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in the Modesto metro area is 45 (lower middle), #232 of 387 scored metro areas and #18 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Modesto metro area compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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 | Modesto metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.7M | $9.8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,043 | 4,353 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.0% | +8.6% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,100 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $81,468 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44−12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 205
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162110 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 138The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $410K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Modesto metro 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 Modesto metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 557,719+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 177,874
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 370
- Median household income
- $81,468+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,867
- Median home value
- $450,100
- Jobs located here
- 196,740
- Daytime population
- 519,901Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for convenience stores, numbered among those based in California, with the Modesto metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 74 | 313 | 4.6 | $16.3M | −0.6% | #40 of 387 |
| 2San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 72 | 804 | 4.6 | $15.6M | −2.4% | #49 of 387 |
| 3San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 70 | 60 | 5.5 | $11.8M | 0.0% | #59 of 387 |
| 4Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 70 | 615 | 7.0 | $9.3M | +3.2% | #62 of 387 |
| 5Stockton-Lodi, CA | 67 | 207 | 8.4 | $7.5M | +5.5% | #78 of 387 |
| 6Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 65 | 162 | 5.8 | $11.7M | −1.5% | #91 of 387 |
| 7Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 64 | 60 | 6.2 | $11M | −4.7% | #99 of 387 |
| 8San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 64 | 726 | 6.2 | $10.8M | −0.6% | #100 of 387 |
| 9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 62 | 98 | 5.1 | $13M | −0.4% | #112 of 387 |
| 10Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 59 | 2,792 | 6.2 | $10.4M | −2.6% | #135 of 387 |
| 18Modesto, CA | 45 | 162 | 9.1 | $6.7M | +0.7% | #232 of 387 |
Other business types in the Modesto metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores27
- Grocery stores22
- Convenience stores45
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in the Modesto, CA metro area?
There are 162 convenience stores on map listings in the Modesto metro area as of September 2026. 110 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Modesto, CA metro area spend on groceries?
About $1.1B a year, or $6,100 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 162 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 177,874 households in the Modesto metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Modesto, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Modesto metro area has 9.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.7M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Modesto metro area would have about 138, against 162 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,043 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Modesto, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Modesto metro area at 557,719 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,874 households. Median household income in the Modesto metro area is $81,468, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. The Modesto metro area scores 45 for convenience stores (lower middle), #232 of 387 scored metro areas.
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