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Grocery and convenience stores in San Benito County, CA
How San Benito County, CA compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #188 of 2,402 scored counties
#2 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 38
- 17 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $141.3M
- On groceries · $6,874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,082
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
San Benito County scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #188 of 2,402 scored counties and #2 of 55 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Household spending on groceries in San Benito County comes to about $141.3M a year: $6,874 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per store, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
San Benito County has 38 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 45%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 18.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in San Benito County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,713 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show San Benito County grew 8.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How San Benito County compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and 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 | San Benito County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,713 | 1,214 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,874 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $114,394 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 621
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3817 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The 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 grocery and convenience stores in San Benito 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 San Benito County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,082+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,561
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,389 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $114,394+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $143,684
- Median home value
- $793,400
- Jobs located here
- 17,302
- Daytime population
- 57,797Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 85 | 220 | 13.9 | $4.9M | +8.9% | #99 of 2,402 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 80 | 38 | 18.5 | $3.7M | +8.6% | #188 of 2,402 |
| 3El Dorado County, CA | 74 | 107 | 14.0 | $4.8M | +0.6% | #311 of 2,402 |
| 4Riverside County, CA | 73 | 1,248 | 16.1 | $4M | +5.0% | #354 of 2,402 |
| 5Contra Costa County, CA | 71 | 552 | 13.3 | $5.3M | +0.3% | #402 of 2,402 |
| 6Santa Clara County, CA | 70 | 924 | 14.0 | $5.4M | −0.9% | #427 of 2,402 |
| 7Orange County, CA | 66 | 1,680 | 15.5 | $4.4M | −1.1% | #550 of 2,402 |
| 8Solano County, CA | 66 | 255 | 16.2 | $4M | +0.6% | #555 of 2,402 |
| 9Amador County, CA | 66 | 28 | 17.4 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #560 of 2,402 |
| 10San Diego County, CA | 65 | 1,804 | 15.4 | $4.3M | −0.6% | #581 of 2,402 |
Other business types in San Benito County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores80
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores95
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in San Benito County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 grocery and convenience stores in San Benito County. 17 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in San Benito County, CA spend on groceries?
About $141.3M a year, or $6,874 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,561 households in San Benito County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Benito County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
San Benito County has 18.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, San Benito County would have about 42, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,713 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is San Benito County, CA growing?
Population estimates put San Benito County at 70,082 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,561 households. The median household income in San Benito County is $114,394 a year, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. San Benito County scores 80 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #188 of 2,402 scored counties.
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