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Grocery and convenience stores in Seminole County, FL
The grocery and convenience stores in Seminole County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #412 of 2,402 scored counties
#19 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 303
- 186 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 135
- +4.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On groceries · $6,375 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.2
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 491,884
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 303 grocery and convenience stores in Seminole County. Chain locations make up 61% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 16.2 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $6,375 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Seminole County spend about $1.2B a year on groceries. Spread across 303 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.9M per store, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 135 businesses with payroll in Seminole County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 4.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,387 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 105 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Seminole County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Seminole County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Seminole County is 71 (upper middle), #412 of 2,402 scored counties and #19 of 65 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Seminole 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.
| Measure | Seminole County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.2 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,387 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.7% | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,375 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $85,761 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 129 → 135+4.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,084
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $161.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 105Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 303186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 352The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Seminole 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 Seminole County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 491,884+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 187,248
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,556
- Median household income
- $85,761+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $114,520
- Median home value
- $386,900
- Jobs located here
- 227,139
- Daytime population
- 473,582Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with Seminole County marked.
Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. Johns County, FL | 90 | 188 | 16.2 | $4.3M | +25.0% | #50 of 2,402 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 89 | 108 | 14.9 | $4.3M | +11.7% | #58 of 2,402 |
| 3Sumter County, FL | 88 | 84 | 11.9 | $5.1M | +21.1% | #64 of 2,402 |
| 4Flagler County, FL | 88 | 74 | 14.1 | $4.3M | +21.0% | #66 of 2,402 |
| 5Clay County, FL | 87 | 110 | 13.1 | $4.8M | +9.4% | #77 of 2,402 |
| 6Charlotte County, FL | 81 | 127 | 14.0 | $4.2M | +15.5% | #165 of 2,402 |
| 7Pasco County, FL | 79 | 313 | 13.3 | $4.5M | +19.1% | #200 of 2,402 |
| 8Sarasota County, FL | 79 | 302 | 14.2 | $4.4M | +10.0% | #201 of 2,402 |
| 9Lake County, FL | 79 | 267 | 16.2 | $3.7M | +18.1% | #209 of 2,402 |
| 10Walton County, FL | 78 | 72 | 21.0 | $3M | +22.9% | #232 of 2,402 |
| 19Seminole County, FL | 71 | 303 | 16.2 | $3.9M | +4.3% | #412 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Seminole County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores71
- Grocery stores73
- Convenience stores70
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 Seminole County, FL?
There are 303 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Seminole County as of September 2026. 186 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 135 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 105 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Seminole County, FL spend on groceries?
About $1.2B a year, or $6,375 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 303 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 187,248 households in Seminole County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Seminole County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Seminole County has 16.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.9M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Seminole County would have about 352, against 303 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,387 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Seminole County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Seminole County at 491,884 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 187,248 households. Median household income in Seminole County is $85,761, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Seminole County scores 71 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #412 of 2,402 scored counties.
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