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Gas stations in Volusia County, FL

How Volusia County, FL 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #324 of 2,358 scored counties
#22 of 65 scored counties in Florida

Listings
223
195 chain locations (87%)
Official establishments
195
−11.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$650.5M
On gasoline and other fuels · $2,689 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
606,573
+9.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 223 gas stations in Volusia County. Chain locations make up 87% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.

Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Volusia County comes to about $650.5M a year: $2,689 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 223 gas stations, that is $2.9M per station, 22% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Volusia County was 195 in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,240 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Volusia County.

Population estimates put the population change in Volusia County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, Volusia County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #324 of 2,358 scored counties and #22 of 65 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Volusia County compares

The same measures for Florida 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.

Gas stations in Volusia County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureVolusia CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.29.510.9
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.8M$2.4M
Households per official establishment1,2401,4771,184
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−11.4%−6.2%−3.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels$2,689$2,654$2,595
Median household income$70,044$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score7372

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
220 → 195−11.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,155
Annual payroll, 2023
$57.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
223195 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
273The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Volusia 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 Volusia County

Population, 2025 estimate
606,573+9.1% since 2020
Households
241,881
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,101 sq. mi.
People per square mile
526
Median household income
$70,044+41.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,221
Median home value
$313,000
Jobs located here
186,339
Daytime population
518,535Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Gas stations across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for gas stations, numbered among those based in Florida, with Volusia County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for gas stations by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Santa Rosa County, FL91577.9$4.1M+11.7%#20 of 2,358
2St. Johns County, FL87897.7$3.8M+25.0%#56 of 2,358
3Flagler County, FL86305.7$4.9M+21.0%#59 of 2,358
4Osceola County, FL861047.3$4M+23.2%#62 of 2,358
5Clay County, FL839411.2$2.7M+9.4%#102 of 2,358
6Manatee County, FL821076.1$4.4M+16.6%#109 of 2,358
7Sarasota County, FL811286.0$4.3M+10.0%#124 of 2,358
8Seminole County, FL811317.0$4.1M+4.3%#128 of 2,358
9Hernando County, FL81708.5$3.3M+13.3%#134 of 2,358
10Collier County, FL801136.8$3.8M+10.6%#146 of 2,358
22Volusia County, FL732239.2$2.9M+9.1%#324 of 2,358

Other business types in Volusia County

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

Questions

How many gas stations are in Volusia County, FL?

Volusia County has 223 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 195 of them (87%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 195 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Volusia County, FL spend on gasoline and other fuels?

About $650.5M a year, or $2,689 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 223 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 241,881 households in Volusia County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Volusia County, FL compare with the U.S. for gas stations?

Volusia County has 9.2 gas stations per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.9M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Volusia County would have about 273, against 223 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,240 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Volusia County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Volusia County at 606,573 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 241,881 households. The median household income in Volusia County is $70,044 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.5% 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. Volusia County scores 73 for gas stations (upper middle), #324 of 2,358 scored counties.

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