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Convenience stores in Fort Bend County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Fort Bend County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #340 of 2,261 scored counties
#16 of 161 scored counties in Texas

Listings
156
109 chain locations (70%)
Official establishments
243
+94.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2B
On groceries · $6,934 a household
Spending per listing
$13M
65% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
975,191
+17.4% 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

Household spending on groceries in Fort Bend County comes to about $2B a year: $6,934 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 156 convenience stores, that is $13M per store, 65% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Fort Bend County has 156 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 243 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Fort Bend County in 2023, up 94.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,205 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $602K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Fort Bend County.

Population estimates put the population change in Fort Bend County from 2020 to 2025 at +17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fort Bend County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #340 of 2,261 scored counties and #16 of 161 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFort Bend CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.310.38.0
Spending per listing$13M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,2052,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+94.4%+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,934$6,186$6,319
Median household income$114,041$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7342

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
125 → 243+94.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
645
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
156109 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
258The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$602K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
975,191+17.4% since 2020
Households
292,713
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
862 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,037
Median household income
$114,041+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$145,132
Median home value
$374,500
Jobs located here
248,090
Daytime population
729,530Residents 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 Fort Bend 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
16Fort Bend County, TX731565.3$13M+17.4%#340 of 2,261

Other business types in Fort Bend County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Fort Bend County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 156 convenience stores in Fort Bend County. 109 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 243 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 94.4% from 2019.

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

About $2B a year, or $6,934 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 156 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $13M 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 292,713 households in Fort Bend County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fort Bend County has 5.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $13M, 65% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Fort Bend County would have about 258, against 156 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,205 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 94.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Fort Bend County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Fort Bend County at 975,191 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 292,713 households. The median household income in Fort Bend County is $114,041 a year, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% 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. Fort Bend County scores 73 for convenience stores (upper middle), #340 of 2,261 scored counties.

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