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Grocery and convenience stores in Johnson County, TX

How Johnson County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #251 of 2,402 scored counties
#20 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
111
59 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
41
+10.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$410.1M
On groceries · $6,260 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.9
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
218,048
+20.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 111 grocery and convenience stores in Johnson County. Of those, 59 are chain locations, or 53%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 16.9 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Johnson County spend about $410.1M a year on groceries, or $6,260 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per store, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Johnson County in 2023, up 10.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,598 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 50 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $425K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Johnson County.

Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +20.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Johnson County is 77 (high), #251 of 2,402 scored counties and #20 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Johnson 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 Johnson County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureJohnson CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.920.018.7
Spending per listing$3.7M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,5981,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.8%+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,260$6,186$6,319
Median household income$84,859$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7756

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37 → 41+10.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,722
Annual payroll, 2023
$52M
One-person businesses, 2023
50Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11159 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
121The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$425K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
218,048+20.5% since 2020
Households
65,507
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
725 sq. mi.
People per square mile
270
Median household income
$84,859+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,542
Median home value
$285,900
Jobs located here
54,539
Daytime population
156,023Residents 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 Johnson 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
20Johnson County, TX7711116.9$3.7M+20.5%#251 of 2,402

Other business types in Johnson County

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

Questions

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

Johnson County has 111 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 59 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 10.8% from 2019. Another 50 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $410.1M a year, or $6,260 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,507 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Johnson County has 16.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Johnson County would have about 121, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,598 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Johnson County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Johnson County at 218,048 people in 2025, up 20.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,507 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $84,859, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Johnson County scores 77 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #251 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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