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Grocery and convenience stores in Hunt County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Hunt County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #328 of 2,402 scored counties
#24 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 63
- 30 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $228.6M
- On groceries · $5,943 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 123,336
- +23.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 grocery and convenience stores in Hunt County. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 48%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 16.4 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Hunt County spend about $228.6M a year on groceries, or $5,943 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per store, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Hunt County was 23 in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,672 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $793K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Hunt County.
Population estimates put the population change in Hunt County from 2020 to 2025 at +23.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hunt County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #328 of 2,402 scored counties and #24 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hunt 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 | Hunt County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,672 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +23.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,943 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,938 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 23+4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 670
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6330 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $793K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Hunt 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 Hunt County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 123,336+23.0% since 2020
- Households
- 38,466
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 840 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 130
- Median household income
- $71,938+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,212
- Median home value
- $241,700
- Jobs located here
- 32,267
- Daytime population
- 92,574Residents 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 Hunt 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 |
| 24Hunt County, TX | 74 | 63 | 16.4 | $3.6M | +23.0% | #328 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Hunt County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores83
- Convenience stores65
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 Hunt County, TX?
There are 63 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Hunt County as of September 2026. 30 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019.
How much do households in Hunt County, TX spend on groceries?
About $228.6M a year, or $5,943 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,466 households in Hunt County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hunt County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Hunt County has 16.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.6M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Hunt County would have about 68, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,672 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Hunt County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Hunt County at 123,336 people in 2025, up 23.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,466 households. Median household income in Hunt County is $71,938, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Hunt County scores 74 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #328 of 2,402 scored counties.
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