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Grocery and convenience stores in Lamar County, TX
The grocery and convenience stores in Lamar County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,497 of 2,402 scored counties
#93 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 56
- 22 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $113.5M
- On groceries · $5,668 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 28.0
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,503
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 56 grocery and convenience stores in Lamar County. Of those, 22 are chain locations, or 39%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 28.0 for every 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,668 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Lamar County spend about $113.5M a year on groceries. That is about $2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lamar County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,668 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Lamar County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Lamar County is 43 (lower middle), #1,497 of 2,402 scored counties and #93 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Lamar 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 | Lamar County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 28.0 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,668 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,668 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,880 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 276
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5622 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Lamar 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 Lamar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,503+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 20,019
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 907 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 56
- Median household income
- $61,880+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,971
- Median home value
- $200,700
- Jobs located here
- 21,013
- Daytime population
- 50,296Residents 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 |
| 93Lamar County, TX | 43 | 56 | 28.0 | $2M | +2.7% | #1,497 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Lamar County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores43
- Grocery stores59
- Convenience stores40
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 Lamar County, TX?
Lamar County has 56 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lamar County, TX spend on groceries?
About $113.5M a year, or $5,668 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 56 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,019 households in Lamar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lamar County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Lamar County has 28.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lamar County would have about 34, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,668 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Lamar County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lamar County at 51,503 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,019 households. Median household income in Lamar County is $61,880, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.2%, 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. Lamar County scores 43 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,497 of 2,402 scored counties.
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