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Grocery and convenience stores in San Francisco County, CA
The grocery and convenience stores in San Francisco County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,189 of 2,402 scored counties
#27 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 718
- 146 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 411
- +2.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.6B
- On groceries · $7,154 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.7
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,079
- −5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 718 grocery and convenience stores in San Francisco County. 146 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 19.7 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in San Francisco County spend about $2.6B a year on groceries, or $7,154 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 411 businesses with payroll in San Francisco County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 2.8% from 2019. That is one for every 886 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 159 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $25.9M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in San Francisco County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of San Francisco County declined 5.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For grocery and convenience stores, San Francisco County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,189 of 2,402 scored counties and #27 of 55 scored counties in California.
How San Francisco 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 Francisco County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.7 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.6M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 886 | 1,214 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.8% | +5.3% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,154 | $6,548 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $140,970 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 400 → 411+2.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,218
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $291.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 159Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 718146 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 769The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $25.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in San Francisco 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 Francisco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,079−5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 363,970
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 38%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 47 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 17,777
- Median household income
- $140,970+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $206,854
- Median home value
- $1,394,500
- Jobs located here
- 747,999
- Daytime population
- 1,133,228Residents 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 |
| 27San Francisco County, CA | 50 | 718 | 19.7 | $3.6M | −5.6% | #1,189 of 2,402 |
Other business types in San Francisco County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores50
- Grocery stores35
- Convenience stores75
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 Francisco County, CA?
There are 718 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in San Francisco County as of September 2026. 146 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 411 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 2.8% from 2019. Another 159 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in San Francisco County, CA spend on groceries?
About $2.6B a year, or $7,154 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 718 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 363,970 households in San Francisco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Francisco County, CA compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
San Francisco County has 19.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, San Francisco County would have about 769, against 718 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 886 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is San Francisco County, CA growing?
Population estimates put San Francisco County at 826,079 people in 2025, down 5.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 363,970 households. Median household income in San Francisco County is $140,970, 75% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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 Francisco County scores 50 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,189 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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