Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in the Tallahassee, FL metro area
How the Tallahassee, 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #169 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 259
- 102 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $917.5M
- On groceries · $5,808 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 397,442
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 259 grocery and convenience stores in the Tallahassee metro area. Of those, 102 are chain locations, or 39%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Tallahassee metro area comes to about $917.5M a year: $5,808 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Tallahassee metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,000 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 56 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Tallahassee metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Tallahassee metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Tallahassee metro area is 55 (upper middle), #169 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Tallahassee 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 | Tallahassee metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,000 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,808 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $65,261 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 790.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,965
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $96.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 56Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 259102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 271The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Tallahassee 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 Tallahassee metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 397,442+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 157,965
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,389 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $65,261+25.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,224
- Median home value
- $276,000
- Jobs located here
- 196,532
- Daytime population
- 422,683Residents 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 Tallahassee 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 |
| 15Tallahassee, FL | 55 | 259 | 16.4 | $3.5M | +3.1% | #169 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tallahassee 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 stores55
- Grocery stores61
- Convenience stores49
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 Tallahassee, FL metro area?
There are 259 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Tallahassee metro area as of September 2026. 102 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 56 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Tallahassee, FL metro area spend on groceries?
About $917.5M a year, or $5,808 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 259 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 157,965 households in the Tallahassee metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tallahassee, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Tallahassee metro area has 16.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.5M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Tallahassee metro area would have about 271, against 259 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,000 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tallahassee, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tallahassee metro area at 397,442 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 157,965 households. Median household income in the Tallahassee metro area is $65,261, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.8%, 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 Tallahassee metro area scores 55 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #169 of 387 scored metro areas.
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