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Grocery and convenience stores in Bell County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Bell County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #603 of 2,402 scored counties
#40 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 273
- 138 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 81
- +17.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $826.3M
- On groceries · $5,806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 402,248
- +8.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Bell County spend about $826.3M a year on groceries, or $5,806 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Bell County has 273 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 138 are chain locations, or 51%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 19.2 per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 81 businesses with payroll in Bell County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 17.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,757 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 71 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bell County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bell County grew 8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bell County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #603 of 2,402 scored counties and #40 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Bell County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Bell County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,757 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.4% | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,806 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,865 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 69 → 81+17.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,933
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $94.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 71Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 273138 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 244The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Bell 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 Bell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 402,248+8.0% since 2020
- Households
- 142,305
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,054 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 367
- Median household income
- $68,865+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,513
- Median home value
- $241,000
- Jobs located here
- 118,827
- Daytime population
- 363,152Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Comal County, TX | 96 | 100 | 14.0 | $4.8M | +27.9% | #8 of 2,402 |
| 2Rockwall County, TX | 94 | 53 | 12.9 | $5.6M | +28.9% | #19 of 2,402 |
| 3Denton County, TX | 93 | 422 | 11.7 | $5.9M | +16.9% | #23 of 2,402 |
| 4Williamson County, TX | 91 | 338 | 13.4 | $5.2M | +22.3% | #37 of 2,402 |
| 5Collin County, TX | 90 | 564 | 13.5 | $5.2M | +20.6% | #48 of 2,402 |
| 6Hays County, TX | 89 | 159 | 15.9 | $4M | +24.8% | #60 of 2,402 |
| 7Montgomery County, TX | 88 | 395 | 16.0 | $4.2M | +24.9% | #68 of 2,402 |
| 8Kendall County, TX | 88 | 37 | 20.9 | $3.3M | +19.6% | #71 of 2,402 |
| 9Parker County, TX | 87 | 99 | 17.5 | $3.8M | +23.5% | #84 of 2,402 |
| 10Guadalupe County, TX | 87 | 111 | 17.0 | $3.8M | +15.8% | #85 of 2,402 |
| 40Bell County, TX | 65 | 273 | 19.2 | $3M | +8.0% | #603 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Bell County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores65
- Grocery stores84
- Convenience stores47
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 Bell County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 273 grocery and convenience stores in Bell County. 138 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 17.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 71 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bell County, TX spend on groceries?
About $826.3M a year, or $5,806 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 273 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 142,305 households in Bell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bell County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Bell County has 19.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Bell County would have about 244, against 273 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,757 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Bell County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bell County at 402,248 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 142,305 households. The median household income in Bell County is $68,865 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Bell County scores 65 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #603 of 2,402 scored counties.
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