Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area
How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #110 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 244
- 112 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- +8.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $754.4M
- On groceries · $6,298 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.4
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 315,098
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 244 grocery and convenience stores in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area. 112 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 20.4 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area comes to about $754.4M a year: $6,298 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per store, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,843 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 61 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $615K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area.
Population estimates show the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area grew 9.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #110 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.4 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,843 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.3% | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,298 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $81,993 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65+8.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,915
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $90.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 244112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 223The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $615K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area, 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 the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 315,098+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 119,773
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 152
- Median household income
- $81,993+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,705
- Median home value
- $364,100
- Jobs located here
- 125,751
- Daytime population
- 308,702Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 87 | 84 | 11.9 | $5.1M | +21.1% | #4 of 387 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 77 | 127 | 14.0 | $4.2M | +15.5% | #24 of 387 |
| 3North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 73 | 585 | 15.0 | $4.2M | +13.2% | #42 of 387 |
| 4Naples-Marco Island, FL | 70 | 281 | 16.9 | $3.8M | +10.6% | #59 of 387 |
| 5Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 69 | 512 | 15.6 | $3.9M | +14.4% | #65 of 387 |
| 6Homosassa Springs, FL | 64 | 105 | 14.7 | $3.8M | +11.1% | #99 of 387 |
| 7Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 63 | 452 | 17.5 | $3.5M | +9.1% | #109 of 387 |
| 8Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 63 | 244 | 20.4 | $3.1M | +9.4% | #110 of 387 |
| 9Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 62 | 107 | 15.1 | $4M | +7.7% | #116 of 387 |
| 10Port St. Lucie, FL | 59 | 330 | 16.1 | $3.8M | +16.0% | #133 of 387 |
Other business types in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores68
- Convenience stores61
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 the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area?
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has 244 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 112 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019. Official counts list 61 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area spend on groceries?
About $754.4M a year, or $6,298 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 244 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 119,773 households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has 20.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area would have about 223, against 244 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,843 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area at 315,098 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,773 households. Median household income in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area is $81,993, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area scores 63 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #110 of 387 scored metro areas.
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