Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Texas
Grocery and convenience stores in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area
How the Corpus Christi, TX 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #310 of 387 scored metro areas
#21 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 499
- 320 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- +15.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $987.9M
- On groceries · $5,846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 29.5
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 451,191
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Corpus Christi metro area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #310 of 387 scored metro areas and #21 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Corpus Christi metro area spend about $987.9M a year on groceries, or $5,846 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Corpus Christi metro area has 499 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 320 of them (64%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.5, 58% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corpus Christi metro area in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019. That is one for every 2,036 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corpus Christi metro area. Population estimates show the Corpus Christi metro area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Corpus Christi metro area 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 | Corpus Christi metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 29.5 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,036 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.3% | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,846 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $67,453 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83+15.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,706
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $153.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 89Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 499320 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 292The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 451,191+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 168,972
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,785 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 251
- Median household income
- $67,453
- Average household income
- $90,916
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 180,865
- Daytime population
- 440,499Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Corpus Christi metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 86 | 1,476 | 14.9 | $4.5M | +14.0% | #7 of 387 |
| 2Midland, TX | 77 | 139 | 20.0 | $3.3M | +9.8% | #26 of 387 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 69 | 4,769 | 16.5 | $3.9M | +10.6% | #64 of 387 |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 66 | 1,762 | 18.2 | $3.4M | +9.5% | #91 of 387 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 58 | 4,775 | 17.9 | $3.5M | +10.3% | #142 of 387 |
| 6El Paso, TX | 57 | 443 | 14.7 | $3.8M | +1.3% | #149 of 387 |
| 7Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 111 | 20.1 | $3M | +12.8% | #165 of 387 |
| 8Killeen-Temple, TX | 53 | 337 | 19.0 | $3.1M | +7.2% | #182 of 387 |
| 9Lubbock, TX | 52 | 283 | 20.1 | $2.9M | +4.6% | #190 of 387 |
| 10Tyler, TX | 51 | 171 | 20.6 | $2.9M | +7.8% | #196 of 387 |
| 21Corpus Christi, TX | 33 | 499 | 29.5 | $2M | +1.1% | #310 of 387 |
Other business types in the Corpus Christi 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 stores33
- Grocery stores57
- Convenience stores23
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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 499 grocery and convenience stores in the Corpus Christi metro area. 320 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 89 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on groceries?
About $987.9M a year, or $5,846 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 499 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Corpus Christi metro area has 29.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 292, against 499 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,036 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% 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 Corpus Christi metro area scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #310 of 387 scored metro areas.
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