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Convenience stores in Collin County, TX

How Collin County, TX 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 88 out of 100: High

Ranked #58 of 2,261 scored counties
#3 of 161 scored counties in Texas

Listings
270
206 chain locations (76%)
Official establishments
98
+69.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3B
On groceries · $7,105 a household
Spending per listing
$11M
39% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,297,179
+20.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Collin County is 88 (high), #58 of 2,261 scored counties and #3 of 161 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.

At $7,105 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Collin County spend about $3B a year on groceries. That works out to $11M per store, 39% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Collin County has 270 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 206 are chain locations, or 76%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Collin County was 98 in 2023, up 69.0% from 2019. That is one for every 4,251 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2M has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Collin County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Collin County grew 20.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Collin County compares

The same measures for Texas 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.

Convenience stores in Collin County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCollin CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.510.38.0
Spending per listing$11M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishment4,2512,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+69.0%+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$7,105$6,186$6,319
Median household income$121,600$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8842

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
58 → 98+69.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
480
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
270206 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
376The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Collin 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 Collin County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,297,179+20.6% since 2020
Households
416,646
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
842 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,382
Median household income
$121,600+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$155,642
Median home value
$475,600
Jobs located here
589,342
Daytime population
1,146,259Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Collin County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rockwall County, TX96245.8$12.4M+28.9%#6 of 2,261
2Denton County, TX882145.9$11.7M+16.9%#55 of 2,261
3Collin County, TX882706.5$11M+20.6%#58 of 2,261
4Comal County, TX87669.2$7.2M+27.9%#77 of 2,261
5Williamson County, TX841837.3$9.5M+22.3%#106 of 2,261
6Waller County, TX82147.6$8.3M+21.9%#131 of 2,261
7Hays County, TX82868.6$7.4M+24.8%#133 of 2,261
8Montgomery County, TX811967.9$8.4M+24.9%#152 of 2,261
9Travis County, TX803816.5$10.3M+7.2%#167 of 2,261
10Parker County, TX78468.2$8.2M+23.5%#230 of 2,261

Other business types in Collin County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Collin County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 270 convenience stores in Collin County. 206 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 69.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Collin County, TX spend on groceries?

About $3B a year, or $7,105 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 270 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $11M 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 416,646 households in Collin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Collin County, TX compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Collin County has 6.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $11M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Collin County would have about 376, against 270 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,251 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 69.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Collin County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Collin County at 1,297,179 people in 2025, up 20.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 416,646 households. The median household income in Collin County is $121,600 a year, 51% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Collin County scores 88 for convenience stores (high), #58 of 2,261 scored counties.

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