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Gas stations in Kings County, CA
How Kings County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,230 of 2,358 scored counties
#42 of 54 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 71
- 56 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- +20.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $124.3M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,822 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.1
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 154,327
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kings County spend about $124.3M a year on gasoline and other fuels, or $2,822 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per station, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Kings County has 71 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 79% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 16.1 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Kings County was 41 in 2023, up 20.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,074 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $17.8M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Kings County.
Population estimates show Kings County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for gas stations in Kings County is 49 (lower middle), #1,230 of 2,358 scored counties and #42 of 54 scored counties in California.
How Kings County compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Kings County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.1 | 8.1 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.4M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,074 | 1,669 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.6% | +7.2% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,822 | $2,747 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $70,995 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 41+20.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 356
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7156 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $17.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Kings 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 Kings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 154,327+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 44,052
- Median age
- 32.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $70,995+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,359
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 45,618
- Daytime population
- 145,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Benito County, CA | 97 | 8 | 3.9 | $9M | +8.6% | #1 of 2,358 |
| 2Riverside County, CA | 87 | 568 | 7.3 | $4.2M | +5.0% | #54 of 2,358 |
| 3San Joaquin County, CA | 79 | 258 | 10.5 | $2.9M | +5.5% | #173 of 2,358 |
| 4Placer County, CA | 78 | 164 | 10.4 | $2.8M | +8.9% | #198 of 2,358 |
| 5San Bernardino County, CA | 75 | 695 | 10.3 | $3M | +1.9% | #259 of 2,358 |
| 6Contra Costa County, CA | 74 | 306 | 7.4 | $3.9M | +0.3% | #283 of 2,358 |
| 7Solano County, CA | 74 | 159 | 10.1 | $3M | +0.6% | #295 of 2,358 |
| 8Ventura County, CA | 73 | 211 | 7.5 | $4M | −1.5% | #313 of 2,358 |
| 9El Dorado County, CA | 73 | 78 | 10.2 | $3M | +0.6% | #321 of 2,358 |
| 10Orange County, CA | 72 | 691 | 6.4 | $4.5M | −1.1% | #331 of 2,358 |
| 42Kings County, CA | 49 | 71 | 16.1 | $1.8M | +1.0% | #1,230 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Kings County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Kings County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 gas stations in Kings County. 56 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 20.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Kings County, CA spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $124.3M a year, or $2,822 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,052 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kings County, CA compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Kings County has 16.1 gas stations per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Kings County would have about 52, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,074 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Kings County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Kings County at 154,327 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,052 households. Median household income in Kings County is $70,995, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. Kings County scores 49 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,230 of 2,358 scored counties.
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