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Gas stations in Collin County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in Collin County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 88 out of 100: High
Ranked #48 of 2,358 scored counties
#4 of 161 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 291
- 249 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 246
- −5.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,974 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 79% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,297,179
- +20.6% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, Collin County has a Groundwork market score of 88 (high): #48 of 2,358 scored counties and #4 of 161 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gas stations.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 291 gas stations in Collin County. 249 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.0, 36% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Collin County comes to about $1.2B a year: $2,974 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each station on map listings, 79% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Collin County was 246 in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,694 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.6M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Collin County. Population estimates put the population change in Collin County from 2020 to 2025 at +20.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Collin County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Collin County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 14.5 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,694 | 1,030 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.7% | −6.3% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,974 | $2,897 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $121,600 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 88 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 261 → 246−5.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,521
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $76.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 291249 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 520The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $4.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Collin 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 Collin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,297,179+20.6% since 2020
- Households
- 416,646
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 842 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,382
- Median household income
- $121,600+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $155,642
- Median home value
- $475,600
- Jobs located here
- 589,342
- Daytime population
- 1,146,259Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denton County, TX | 90 | 273 | 7.6 | $4.1M | +16.9% | #27 of 2,358 |
| 2Rockwall County, TX | 90 | 42 | 10.2 | $3.4M | +28.9% | #29 of 2,358 |
| 3Comal County, TX | 90 | 74 | 10.4 | $3.1M | +27.9% | #30 of 2,358 |
| 4Collin County, TX | 88 | 291 | 7.0 | $4.3M | +20.6% | #48 of 2,358 |
| 5Wilson County, TX | 86 | 24 | 13.2 | $2.8M | +12.2% | #67 of 2,358 |
| 6Bandera County, TX | 85 | 12 | 13.0 | $2.5M | +9.0% | #81 of 2,358 |
| 7Hays County, TX | 83 | 126 | 12.6 | $2.4M | +24.8% | #103 of 2,358 |
| 8Randall County, TX | 81 | 47 | 8.3 | $3.6M | +7.9% | #131 of 2,358 |
| 9Williamson County, TX | 81 | 261 | 10.3 | $2.9M | +22.3% | #137 of 2,358 |
| 10Guadalupe County, TX | 81 | 84 | 12.8 | $2.5M | +15.8% | #140 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Collin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Collin County, TX?
There are 291 gas stations on map listings in Collin County as of September 2026. 249 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 246 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 5.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Collin County, TX spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $1.2B a year, or $2,974 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 291 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 416,646 households in Collin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Collin County, TX compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Collin County has 7.0 gas stations per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $4.3M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, Collin County would have about 520, against 291 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,694 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Collin County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Collin County at 1,297,179 people in 2025, up 20.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 416,646 households. The median household income in Collin County is $121,600 a year, 51% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Collin County scores 88 for gas stations (high), #48 of 2,358 scored counties.
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