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Grocery and convenience stores in Orange County, FL

How Orange County, FL 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #598 of 2,402 scored counties
#28 of 65 scored counties in Florida

Listings
1,021
592 chain locations (58%)
Official establishments
406
+12.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.3B
On groceries · $6,207 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.3
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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

At $6,207 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $3.3B a year on groceries. Spread across 1,021 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.2M per store, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Orange County has 1,021 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 592 of them (58%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.3, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 406 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Orange County in 2023, up 12.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,300 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 413 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $7.2M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Orange County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Orange County grew 6.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Orange County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #598 of 2,402 scored counties and #28 of 65 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Orange County 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.317.418.7
Spending per listing$3.2M$3.5M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,3001,2401,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.2%+9.7%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,207$6,077$6,319
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6558

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
362 → 406+12.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
14,530
Annual payroll, 2023
$426.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
413Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,021592 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
967The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$7.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with Orange County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Johns County, FL9018816.2$4.3M+25.0%#50 of 2,402
2Santa Rosa County, FL8910814.9$4.3M+11.7%#58 of 2,402
3Sumter County, FL888411.9$5.1M+21.1%#64 of 2,402
4Flagler County, FL887414.1$4.3M+21.0%#66 of 2,402
5Clay County, FL8711013.1$4.8M+9.4%#77 of 2,402
6Charlotte County, FL8112714.0$4.2M+15.5%#165 of 2,402
7Pasco County, FL7931313.3$4.5M+19.1%#200 of 2,402
8Sarasota County, FL7930214.2$4.4M+10.0%#201 of 2,402
9Lake County, FL7926716.2$3.7M+18.1%#209 of 2,402
10Walton County, FL787221.0$3M+22.9%#232 of 2,402
28Orange County, FL651,02119.3$3.2M+6.7%#598 of 2,402

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Orange County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,021 grocery and convenience stores in Orange County. 592 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 406 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 12.2% from 2019. Another 413 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Orange County, FL spend on groceries?

About $3.3B a year, or $6,207 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,021 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Orange County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Orange County has 19.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.2M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Orange County would have about 967, against 1,021 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,300 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Orange County scores 65 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #598 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Orange County

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