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Convenience stores in Clay County, FL
How Clay County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #174 of 2,261 scored counties
#7 of 63 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 66
- 53 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $526.6M
- On groceries · $6,291 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 239,593
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Clay County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #174 of 2,261 scored counties and #7 of 63 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.
At $6,291 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Clay County spend about $526.6M a year on groceries. Spread across 66 convenience stores, that is $8M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Clay County has 66 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 53 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Clay County in 2023. That is one for every 5,232 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Clay County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clay County grew 9.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Clay County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8M | $8M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,232 | 2,728 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,291 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $87,820 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $778K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6653 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Clay 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 Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 239,593+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 83,707
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 605 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 376
- Median household income
- $87,820+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,935
- Median home value
- $312,500
- Jobs located here
- 60,502
- Daytime population
- 185,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 90 | 86 | 7.4 | $9.3M | +25.0% | #38 of 2,261 |
| 2Flagler County, FL | 88 | 33 | 6.3 | $9.7M | +21.0% | #63 of 2,261 |
| 3Sumter County, FL | 87 | 44 | 6.3 | $9.7M | +21.1% | #72 of 2,261 |
| 4Santa Rosa County, FL | 82 | 64 | 8.8 | $7.3M | +11.7% | #134 of 2,261 |
| 5Sarasota County, FL | 81 | 120 | 5.7 | $11.1M | +10.0% | #139 of 2,261 |
| 6Collier County, FL | 80 | 108 | 6.5 | $10M | +10.6% | #168 of 2,261 |
| 7Clay County, FL | 80 | 66 | 7.9 | $8M | +9.4% | #174 of 2,261 |
| 8Walton County, FL | 80 | 34 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +22.9% | #179 of 2,261 |
| 9Charlotte County, FL | 78 | 62 | 6.8 | $8.6M | +15.5% | #229 of 2,261 |
| 10Lee County, FL | 77 | 234 | 7.1 | $8.5M | +14.4% | #254 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Clay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores87
- Grocery stores88
- Convenience stores80
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 Clay County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 66 convenience stores in Clay County. 53 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Clay County, FL spend on groceries?
About $526.6M a year, or $6,291 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $8M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,707 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, FL compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Clay County has 7.9 convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $8M, in line with the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Clay County would have about 67, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,232 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 239,593 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,707 households. The median household income in Clay County is $87,820 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Clay County scores 80 for convenience stores (high), #174 of 2,261 scored counties.
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