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Convenience stores in Grimes County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,632 of 2,261 scored counties
#103 of 161 scored counties in Texas

Listings
22
11 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$60.2M
On groceries · $5,867 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
65% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
21.5
2.7 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,252
+16.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 convenience stores in Grimes County. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 50%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 21.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Grimes County spend about $60.2M a year on groceries, or $5,867 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 22 convenience stores, that is $2.7M per store, 65% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Grimes County in 2023. That is one for every 1,709 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Grimes County grew 16.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Grimes County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,632 of 2,261 scored counties and #103 of 161 scored counties in Texas.

How Grimes 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 Grimes County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGrimes CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households21.510.38.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,7092,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,867$6,186$6,319
Median household income$69,803$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3642

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 6
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$874K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2211 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Grimes 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 Grimes County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,252+16.3% since 2020
Households
10,255
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
788 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$69,803+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,294
Median home value
$237,400
Jobs located here
6,288
Daytime population
21,753Residents 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 Grimes 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
103Grimes County, TX362221.5$2.7M+16.3%#1,632 of 2,261

Other business types in Grimes County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Grimes County, TX?

There are 22 convenience stores on map listings in Grimes County as of September 2026. 11 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $60.2M a year, or $5,867 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,255 households in Grimes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grimes County has 21.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.7M, 65% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Grimes County would have about 8, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,709 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Grimes County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Grimes County at 34,252 people in 2025, up 16.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,255 households. Median household income in Grimes County is $69,803, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Grimes County scores 36 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,632 of 2,261 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Grimes County

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