Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Texas
Convenience stores in the Lubbock, TX metro area
How the Lubbock, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #243 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 175
- 140 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $811.3M
- On groceries · $5,772 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 368,431
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 175 convenience stores in the Lubbock metro area. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Lubbock metro area spend about $811.3M a year on groceries, or $5,772 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Lubbock metro area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 8,268 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Lubbock metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, the Lubbock metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #243 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Lubbock metro area 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 | Lubbock metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $6M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,268 | 2,772 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,772 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $63,629 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17
- Employees, 2023
- 134
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 175140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The 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 the Lubbock metro area, 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 the Lubbock metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 368,431+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 140,553
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,265 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $63,629
- Average household income
- $89,032
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 177,068
- Daytime population
- 365,333Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 74 | 722 | 7.3 | $9.2M | +14.0% | #43 of 387 |
| 2Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 60 | 2,305 | 8.0 | $8.1M | +10.6% | #129 of 387 |
| 3El Paso, TX | 59 | 188 | 6.3 | $8.9M | +1.3% | #140 of 387 |
| 4Midland, TX | 59 | 94 | 13.5 | $4.8M | +9.8% | #143 of 387 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 58 | 2,061 | 7.7 | $8.1M | +10.3% | #150 of 387 |
| 6Tyler, TX | 53 | 75 | 9.0 | $6.7M | +7.8% | #185 of 387 |
| 7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 48 | 993 | 10.3 | $5.9M | +9.5% | #218 of 387 |
| 8Lubbock, TX | 44 | 175 | 12.5 | $4.6M | +4.6% | #243 of 387 |
| 9Amarillo, TX | 44 | 140 | 13.6 | $4.4M | +2.7% | #244 of 387 |
| 10Abilene, TX | 43 | 99 | 15.0 | $3.9M | +4.8% | #247 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lubbock metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores52
- Grocery stores70
- Convenience stores44
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 the Lubbock, TX metro area?
There are 175 convenience stores on map listings in the Lubbock metro area as of September 2026. 140 of them (80%) 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 the Lubbock, TX metro area spend on groceries?
About $811.3M a year, or $5,772 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,553 households in the Lubbock metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lubbock, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Lubbock metro area has 12.5 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.6M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Lubbock metro area would have about 103, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,268 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lubbock, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lubbock metro area at 368,431 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,553 households. Median household income in the Lubbock metro area is $63,629, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Lubbock metro area scores 44 for convenience stores (lower middle), #243 of 387 scored metro areas.
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