Groceries and convenience · County · Texas
Convenience stores in Guadalupe County, TX
How Guadalupe 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #389 of 2,261 scored counties
#18 of 161 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 73
- 53 chain locations (73%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $420.6M
- On groceries · $6,428 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 201,111
- +15.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 73 convenience stores in Guadalupe County. Chain locations make up 73% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Guadalupe County comes to about $420.6M a year: $6,428 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 73 convenience stores, that is $5.8M per store, 27% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Guadalupe County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 4,673 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Guadalupe County grew 15.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Guadalupe County is 72 (upper middle), #389 of 2,261 scored counties and #18 of 161 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Guadalupe 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 | Guadalupe County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,673 | 2,772 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,428 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $92,375 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7353 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 201,111+15.8% since 2020
- Households
- 65,424
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 258
- Median household income
- $92,375+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,083
- Median home value
- $304,400
- Jobs located here
- 49,144
- Daytime population
- 142,907Residents 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 |
| 18Guadalupe County, TX | 72 | 73 | 11.2 | $5.8M | +15.8% | #389 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Guadalupe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores87
- Grocery stores95
- Convenience stores72
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 Guadalupe County, TX?
Guadalupe County has 73 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 53 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Guadalupe County, TX spend on groceries?
About $420.6M a year, or $6,428 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,424 households in Guadalupe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Guadalupe County, TX compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Guadalupe County has 11.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Guadalupe County would have about 53, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,673 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Guadalupe County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Guadalupe County at 201,111 people in 2025, up 15.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,424 households. Median household income in Guadalupe County is $92,375, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Guadalupe County scores 72 for convenience stores (upper middle), #389 of 2,261 scored counties.
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