Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Texas
Convenience stores in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area
How the Corpus Christi, TX 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #354 of 387 scored metro areas
#22 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 345
- 273 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- +53.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $987.9M
- On groceries · $5,846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.4
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 451,191
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Corpus Christi metro area scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #354 of 387 scored metro areas and #22 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on groceries in the Corpus Christi metro area comes to about $987.9M a year: $5,846 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 345 convenience stores, that is $2.9M per store, 64% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
The Corpus Christi metro area has 345 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 273 of them (79%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.4, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 49 businesses with payroll in the Corpus Christi metro area classed as convenience stores, up 53.1% from 2019. That is one for every 3,448 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $945K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Corpus Christi metro area. Population estimates show the Corpus Christi metro area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Corpus Christi metro area 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.
| Measure | Corpus Christi metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,448 | 2,772 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +53.1% | +34.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,846 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,453 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 49+53.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 166
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 345273 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 125The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $945K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 451,191+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 168,972
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,785 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 251
- Median household income
- $67,453
- Average household income
- $90,916
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 180,865
- Daytime population
- 440,499Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Corpus Christi metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 74 | 722 | 7.3 | $9.2M | +14.0% | #43 of 387 |
| 2Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 60 | 2,305 | 8.0 | $8.1M | +10.6% | #129 of 387 |
| 3El Paso, TX | 59 | 188 | 6.3 | $8.9M | +1.3% | #140 of 387 |
| 4Midland, TX | 59 | 94 | 13.5 | $4.8M | +9.8% | #143 of 387 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 58 | 2,061 | 7.7 | $8.1M | +10.3% | #150 of 387 |
| 6Tyler, TX | 53 | 75 | 9.0 | $6.7M | +7.8% | #185 of 387 |
| 7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 48 | 993 | 10.3 | $5.9M | +9.5% | #218 of 387 |
| 8Lubbock, TX | 44 | 175 | 12.5 | $4.6M | +4.6% | #243 of 387 |
| 9Amarillo, TX | 44 | 140 | 13.6 | $4.4M | +2.7% | #244 of 387 |
| 10Abilene, TX | 43 | 99 | 15.0 | $3.9M | +4.8% | #247 of 387 |
| 22Corpus Christi, TX | 23 | 345 | 20.4 | $2.9M | +1.1% | #354 of 387 |
Other business types in the Corpus Christi 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 stores33
- Grocery stores57
- Convenience stores23
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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 345 convenience stores in the Corpus Christi metro area. 273 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 53.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on groceries?
About $987.9M a year, or $5,846 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 345 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Corpus Christi metro area has 20.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.9M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 125, against 345 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,448 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 53.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Corpus Christi metro area scores 23 for convenience stores (low), #354 of 387 scored metro areas.
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