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Convenience stores in Lubbock County, TX

How Lubbock 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

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

Listings
133
104 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$730.1M
On groceries · $5,784 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
31% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
328,906
+5.6% 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 133 convenience stores in Lubbock County. Chain locations make up 78% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $5,784 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Lubbock County spend about $730.1M a year on groceries. Spread across 133 convenience stores, that is $5.5M per store, 30% 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 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Lubbock County in 2023. That is one for every 7,425 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Lubbock County grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lubbock County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #632 of 2,261 scored counties and #32 of 161 scored counties in Texas.

How Lubbock 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 Lubbock County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureLubbock CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.510.38.0
Spending per listing$5.5M$6M$7.9M
Households per official establishment7,4252,7723,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,784$6,186$6,319
Median household income$64,155$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6442

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 17
Employees, 2023
134
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
133104 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
93The 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 Lubbock 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 Lubbock County

Population, 2025 estimate
328,906+5.6% since 2020
Households
126,225
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
896 sq. mi.
People per square mile
356
Median household income
$64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,750
Median home value
$214,100
Jobs located here
164,092
Daytime population
331,188Residents 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 Lubbock 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
32Lubbock County, TX6413310.5$5.5M+5.6%#632 of 2,261

Other business types in Lubbock County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Lubbock County, TX?

There are 133 convenience stores on map listings in Lubbock County as of September 2026. 104 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $730.1M a year, or $5,784 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 133 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lubbock County has 10.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $5.5M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 93, against 133 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,425 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 64 for convenience stores (upper middle), #632 of 2,261 scored counties.

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