Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Florida
Grocery and convenience stores in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #4 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 84
- 59 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $424.6M
- On groceries · $6,039 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,772
- +21.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Wildwood-The Villages metro area scores 87 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #4 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for grocery and convenience stores.
At $6,039 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area spend about $424.6M a year on groceries. Spread across 84 grocery and convenience stores, that is $5.1M per store, 49% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 84 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area as of September 2026. 59 of them (70%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 11.9 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 29 businesses with payroll in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,425 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +21.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Wildwood-The Villages 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 | Wildwood-The Villages metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 17.4 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $3.5M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,425 | 1,240 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.7% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,039 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,508 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29
- Employees, 2023
- 1,852
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $48.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8459 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 125The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Wildwood-The Villages 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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,772+21.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,318
- Median age
- 62.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $76,508
- Average household income
- $98,339
- Median home value
- $385,400
- Jobs located here
- 37,385
- Daytime population
- 146,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Wildwood-The Villages 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 stores87
- Grocery stores85
- Convenience stores79
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 Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 84 grocery and convenience stores in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area. 59 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area spend on groceries?
About $424.6M a year, or $6,039 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 70,318 households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Wildwood-The Villages metro area has 11.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.1M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area would have about 125, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,425 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wildwood-The Villages metro area at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. The median household income in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area is $76,508 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area scores 87 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #4 of 387 scored metro areas.
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