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Grocery and convenience stores in Kerr County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Kerr County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #780 of 2,402 scored counties
#52 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
56
24 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$134.2M
On groceries · $5,932 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
24.8
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,037
+2.5% 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

Households in Kerr County spend about $134.2M a year on groceries, or $5,932 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Kerr County has 56 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.8, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kerr County in 2023. That is one for every 2,827 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kerr County grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Kerr County is 61 (upper middle), #780 of 2,402 scored counties and #52 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Kerr 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 Kerr County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKerr CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households24.820.018.7
Spending per listing$2.4M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,8271,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,932$6,186$6,319
Median household income$69,395$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6156

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
1,181
Annual payroll, 2023
$40.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5624 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The 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 Kerr 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 Kerr County

Population, 2025 estimate
54,037+2.5% since 2020
Households
22,615
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,103 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$69,395+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,578
Median home value
$321,200
Jobs located here
18,958
Daytime population
49,388Residents 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 Kerr 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
52Kerr County, TX615624.8$2.4M+2.5%#780 of 2,402

Other business types in Kerr County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 grocery and convenience stores in Kerr County. 24 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $134.2M a year, or $5,932 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,615 households in Kerr County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kerr County has 24.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Kerr County would have about 40, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,827 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Kerr County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Kerr County at 54,037 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,615 households. The median household income in Kerr County is $69,395 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Kerr County scores 61 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #780 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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