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Grocery and convenience stores in Denton County, TX
The grocery and convenience stores in Denton County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 93 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #23 of 2,402 scored counties
#3 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 422
- 261 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 170
- +29.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On groceries · $6,941 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 75% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,069,346
- +16.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Denton County is 93 (very high), #23 of 2,402 scored counties and #3 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 422 grocery and convenience stores in Denton County. Of those, 261 are chain locations, or 62%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 11.7 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $6,941 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Denton County spend about $2.5B a year on groceries. That is about $5.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 75% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 170 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Denton County in 2023, up 29.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Denton County. Population estimates show Denton County grew 16.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Denton 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 | Denton County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,120 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.8% | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,941 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $111,498 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 93 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 131 → 170+29.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,986
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $157.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 227Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 422261 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 738The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Denton 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 Denton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,069,346+16.9% since 2020
- Households
- 360,392
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 878 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,115
- Median household income
- $111,498+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $145,847
- Median home value
- $437,200
- Jobs located here
- 321,359
- Daytime population
- 759,111Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Denton County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Denton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores93
- Grocery stores96
- Convenience stores88
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 Denton County, TX?
There are 422 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Denton County as of September 2026. 261 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 170 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 29.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 227 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Denton County, TX spend on groceries?
About $2.5B a year, or $6,941 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 422 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $5.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 360,392 households in Denton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Denton County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Denton County has 11.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $5.9M, 75% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Denton County would have about 738, against 422 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,120 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Denton County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Denton County at 1,069,346 people in 2025, up 16.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 360,392 households. Median household income in Denton County is $111,498, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Denton County scores 93 for grocery and convenience stores (very high), #23 of 2,402 scored counties.
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