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Grocery and convenience stores in Ector County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Ector County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #605 of 2,402 scored counties
#41 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 137
- 81 chain locations (59%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +39.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $382.9M
- On groceries · $5,931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.2
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,801
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Ector County comes to about $382.9M a year: $5,931 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per store, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Ector County has 137 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 81 are chain locations, or 59%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 21.2 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ector County in 2023, up 39.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,018 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Ector County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Ector County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #605 of 2,402 scored counties and #41 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Ector 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 | Ector County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.2 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,018 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +39.1% | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,931 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,536 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 32+39.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,792
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $55M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13781 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 113The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Ector 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 Ector County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,801+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 64,563
- Median age
- 32.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 183
- Median household income
- $71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,485
- Median home value
- $200,200
- Jobs located here
- 73,944
- Daytime population
- 162,861Residents 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 |
| 41Ector County, TX | 65 | 137 | 21.2 | $2.8M | +5.0% | #605 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Ector 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 stores78
- Convenience stores57
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 Ector County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 137 grocery and convenience stores in Ector County. 81 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 39.1% from 2019. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ector County, TX spend on groceries?
About $382.9M a year, or $5,931 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 137 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,563 households in Ector County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ector County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Ector County has 21.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.8M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Ector County would have about 113, against 137 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,018 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Ector County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ector County at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. The median household income in Ector County is $71,536 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.6% 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. Ector County scores 65 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #605 of 2,402 scored counties.
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