Groceries and convenience · County · Texas
Convenience stores in Ector County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Ector County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #886 of 2,261 scored counties
#43 of 161 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 89
- 64 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $382.9M
- On groceries · $5,931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.8
- 73% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,801
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,931 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Ector County spend about $382.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 89 convenience stores, that is $4.3M per store, 45% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Ector County has 89 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 72% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 13.8 per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Ector County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 5,380 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ector County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Ector County is 57 (upper middle), #886 of 2,261 scored counties and #43 of 161 scored counties in Texas.
How Ector 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.
| Measure | Ector County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.8 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,380 | 2,772 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,931 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,536 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 74
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8964 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Ector 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 Ector County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,801+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 64,563
- Median age
- 32.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 183
- Median household income
- $71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,485
- Median home value
- $200,200
- Jobs located here
- 73,944
- Daytime population
- 162,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rockwall County, TX | 96 | 24 | 5.8 | $12.4M | +28.9% | #6 of 2,261 |
| 2Denton County, TX | 88 | 214 | 5.9 | $11.7M | +16.9% | #55 of 2,261 |
| 3Collin County, TX | 88 | 270 | 6.5 | $11M | +20.6% | #58 of 2,261 |
| 4Comal County, TX | 87 | 66 | 9.2 | $7.2M | +27.9% | #77 of 2,261 |
| 5Williamson County, TX | 84 | 183 | 7.3 | $9.5M | +22.3% | #106 of 2,261 |
| 6Waller County, TX | 82 | 14 | 7.6 | $8.3M | +21.9% | #131 of 2,261 |
| 7Hays County, TX | 82 | 86 | 8.6 | $7.4M | +24.8% | #133 of 2,261 |
| 8Montgomery County, TX | 81 | 196 | 7.9 | $8.4M | +24.9% | #152 of 2,261 |
| 9Travis County, TX | 80 | 381 | 6.5 | $10.3M | +7.2% | #167 of 2,261 |
| 10Parker County, TX | 78 | 46 | 8.2 | $8.2M | +23.5% | #230 of 2,261 |
| 43Ector County, TX | 57 | 89 | 13.8 | $4.3M | +5.0% | #886 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Ector County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores65
- Grocery stores78
- Convenience stores57
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 Ector County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 convenience stores in Ector County. 64 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Ector County, TX spend on groceries?
About $382.9M a year, or $5,931 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 64,563 households in Ector County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ector County, TX compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Ector County has 13.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.3M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Ector County would have about 49, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,380 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Ector County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ector County at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. The median household income in Ector County is $71,536 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.6% 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. Ector County scores 57 for convenience stores (upper middle), #886 of 2,261 scored counties.
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