Groceries and convenience · County · Oklahoma
Grocery and convenience stores in Tulsa County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Tulsa County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #361 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 452
- 227 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 125
- +10.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On groceries · $5,940 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 698,782
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 452 grocery and convenience stores in Tulsa County. Of those, 227 are chain locations, or 50%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.6, 11% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in Tulsa County comes to about $1.6B a year: $5,940 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per store, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Tulsa County in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. That is one for every 2,179 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 135 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Tulsa County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tulsa County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Tulsa County is 73 (upper middle), #361 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Tulsa County 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.
| Measure | Tulsa County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 20.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.8M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,179 | 2,288 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.6% | +4.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,940 | $5,787 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,009 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 113 → 125+10.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $144.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 135Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 452227 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 478The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Tulsa 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 Tulsa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 698,782+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 272,422
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 570 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,194
- Median household income
- $69,009+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,310
- Median home value
- $230,400
- Jobs located here
- 375,335
- Daytime population
- 760,837Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Tulsa County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wagoner County, OK | 94 | 34 | 10.8 | $5.7M | +14.6% | #18 of 2,402 |
| 2Canadian County, OK | 93 | 85 | 14.6 | $4.3M | +20.4% | #28 of 2,402 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 91 | 27 | 15.1 | $4.1M | +11.5% | #46 of 2,402 |
| 4Rogers County, OK | 89 | 42 | 11.5 | $5.4M | +7.1% | #53 of 2,402 |
| 5Cleveland County, OK | 83 | 145 | 12.4 | $4.9M | +2.6% | #124 of 2,402 |
| 6McClain County, OK | 82 | 33 | 20.1 | $3.1M | +18.4% | #154 of 2,402 |
| 7Creek County, OK | 76 | 44 | 15.6 | $3.7M | +4.4% | #275 of 2,402 |
| 8Pottawatomie County, OK | 73 | 40 | 14.9 | $3.8M | +3.5% | #359 of 2,402 |
| 9Tulsa County, OK | 73 | 452 | 16.6 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #361 of 2,402 |
| 10Washington County, OK | 68 | 36 | 17.2 | $3.3M | +2.7% | #508 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Tulsa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores73
- Grocery stores64
- Convenience stores76
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 Tulsa County, OK?
There are 452 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Tulsa County as of September 2026. 227 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. Another 135 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Tulsa County, OK spend on groceries?
About $1.6B a year, or $5,940 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 452 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 272,422 households in Tulsa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tulsa County, OK compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Tulsa County has 16.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Tulsa County would have about 478, against 452 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,179 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Tulsa County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Tulsa County at 698,782 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 272,422 households. Median household income in Tulsa County is $69,009, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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. Tulsa County scores 73 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #361 of 2,402 scored counties.
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