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Grocery and convenience stores in Medina County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Medina County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #997 of 2,402 scored counties
#61 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 45
- 11 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $108.2M
- On groceries · $6,078 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.3
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,881
- +11.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 grocery and convenience stores in Medina County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 25.3, 35% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Medina County spend about $108.2M a year on groceries, or $6,078 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 45 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.4M per store, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Medina County in 2023. That is one for every 1,272 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Medina County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Medina County grew 11.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Medina County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #997 of 2,402 scored counties and #61 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Medina 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 | Medina County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.3 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,272 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,078 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $78,074 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 219
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4511 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Medina 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 Medina County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,881+11.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,804
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,325 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $78,074+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,735
- Median home value
- $239,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,140
- Daytime population
- 39,685Residents 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 |
| 61Medina County, TX | 55 | 45 | 25.3 | $2.4M | +11.4% | #997 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Medina County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores55
- Grocery stores81
- Convenience stores50
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 Medina County, TX?
Medina County has 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Medina County, TX spend on groceries?
About $108.2M a year, or $6,078 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,804 households in Medina County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Medina County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Medina County has 25.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 35% 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 national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Medina County would have about 32, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,272 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Medina County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Medina County at 56,881 people in 2025, up 11.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,804 households. Median household income in Medina County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Medina County scores 55 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #997 of 2,402 scored counties.
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