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Grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County, TX

The grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,344 of 2,402 scored counties
#87 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
12
6 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$23.8M
On groceries · $6,102 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.8
65% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,994
+6.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in Franklin County comes to about $23.8M a year: $6,102 per household, 3% 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.

There are 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 50%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 30.8 per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,299 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.2M has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County.

Population estimates show Franklin County grew 6.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,344 of 2,402 scored counties and #87 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Franklin 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.820.018.7
Spending per listing$2M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,2991,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,102$6,186$6,319
Median household income$72,360$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4756

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
110
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
126 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,994+6.0% since 2020
Households
3,897
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
284 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$72,360+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,333
Median home value
$226,300
Jobs located here
4,324
Daytime population
11,337Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Comal County, TX9610014.0$4.8M+27.9%#8 of 2,402
2Rockwall County, TX945312.9$5.6M+28.9%#19 of 2,402
3Denton County, TX9342211.7$5.9M+16.9%#23 of 2,402
4Williamson County, TX9133813.4$5.2M+22.3%#37 of 2,402
5Collin County, TX9056413.5$5.2M+20.6%#48 of 2,402
6Hays County, TX8915915.9$4M+24.8%#60 of 2,402
7Montgomery County, TX8839516.0$4.2M+24.9%#68 of 2,402
8Kendall County, TX883720.9$3.3M+19.6%#71 of 2,402
9Parker County, TX879917.5$3.8M+23.5%#84 of 2,402
10Guadalupe County, TX8711117.0$3.8M+15.8%#85 of 2,402
87Franklin County, TX471230.8$2M+6.0%#1,344 of 2,402

Other business types in Franklin County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Franklin County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 grocery and convenience stores in Franklin County. 6 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Franklin County, TX spend on groceries?

About $23.8M a year, or $6,102 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,897 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Franklin County has 30.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 65% 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, Franklin County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,299 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 10,994 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,897 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $72,360 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.5% 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. Franklin County scores 47 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,344 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Franklin County

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