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Convenience stores in Hays County, TX
How Hays 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 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #133 of 2,261 scored counties
#7 of 161 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 86
- 61 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $640.4M
- On groceries · $6,414 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.4M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 304,390
- +24.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Hays County is 82 (high), #133 of 2,261 scored counties and #7 of 161 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for convenience stores.
Household spending on groceries in Hays County comes to about $640.4M a year: $6,414 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $7.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 86 convenience stores on map listings in Hays County as of September 2026. 61 of them (71%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Hays County in 2023. That is one for every 5,547 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.5M has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Hays County. Population estimates show Hays County grew 24.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Hays 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 | Hays County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.4M | $6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,547 | 2,772 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +24.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,414 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $89,097 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8661 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 81The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Hays 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 Hays County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 304,390+24.8% since 2020
- Households
- 99,849
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 677 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 397
- Median household income
- $89,097+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,554
- Median home value
- $399,800
- Jobs located here
- 86,425
- Daytime population
- 232,827Residents 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 |
Other business types in Hays County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores89
- Grocery stores93
- Convenience stores82
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 Hays County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 86 convenience stores in Hays County. 61 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Hays County, TX spend on groceries?
About $640.4M a year, or $6,414 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $7.4M 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 99,849 households in Hays County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hays County, TX compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Hays County has 8.6 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $7.4M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Hays County would have about 81, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,547 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Hays County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hays County at 304,390 people in 2025, up 24.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 99,849 households. The median household income in Hays County is $89,097 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Hays County scores 82 for convenience stores (high), #133 of 2,261 scored counties.
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