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Grocery and convenience stores in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #79 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
1,006
449 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
210
−3.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.4B
On groceries · $5,975 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.6
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,512,813
+5.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,006 grocery and convenience stores in the Oklahoma City metro area. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 17.6 for every 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in the Oklahoma City metro area comes to about $3.4B a year: $5,975 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 210 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Oklahoma City metro area in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,720 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 309 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Oklahoma City metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Oklahoma City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Oklahoma City metro area scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #79 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Oklahoma City metro area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma City, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureOklahoma City metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.620.618.7
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.8M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,7202,2881,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.2%+4.4%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,975$5,787$6,319
Median household income$72,094$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score6749

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
210−3.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
8,822
Annual payroll, 2023
$253.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
309Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,006449 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,007The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Oklahoma City 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 Oklahoma City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,512,813+5.8% since 2020
Households
571,211
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
5,512 sq. mi.
People per square mile
265
Median household income
$72,094+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,782
Median home value
$230,000
Jobs located here
659,352
Daytime population
1,507,973Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Oklahoma City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tulsa, OK6965016.0$3.7M+5.1%#67 of 387
2Oklahoma City, OK671,00617.6$3.4M+5.8%#79 of 387
Fort Smith, AR-OK3619221.1$2.6M+3.1%#294 of 387
3Lawton, OK2811724.9$2.2M+0.7%#335 of 387
4Enid, OK196125.5$2.3M−1.5%#366 of 387

Other business types in the Oklahoma City metro area

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

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area?

There are 1,006 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Oklahoma City metro area as of September 2026. 449 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 210 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. Another 309 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area spend on groceries?

About $3.4B a year, or $5,975 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,006 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 571,211 households in the Oklahoma City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oklahoma City, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

The Oklahoma City metro area has 17.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Oklahoma City metro area would have about 1,007, against 1,006 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,720 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oklahoma City, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oklahoma City metro area at 1,512,813 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 571,211 households. Median household income in the Oklahoma City metro area is $72,094, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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 Oklahoma City metro area scores 67 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #79 of 387 scored metro areas.

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