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Grocery and convenience stores in Parker County, TX

How Parker 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 87 out of 100: High

Ranked #84 of 2,402 scored counties
#9 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
99
38 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
26
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$378.5M
On groceries · $6,706 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
184,767
+23.5% 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

Parker County scores 87 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #84 of 2,402 scored counties and #9 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 99 grocery and convenience stores in Parker County. 38 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $6,706 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Parker County spend about $378.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 99 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.8M per store, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Parker County in 2023. That is one for every 2,171 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $732K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Parker County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Parker County grew 23.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Parker 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 Parker County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureParker CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.520.018.7
Spending per listing$3.8M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,1711,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+23.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,706$6,186$6,319
Median household income$104,443$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8756

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 26
Employees, 2023
1,149
Annual payroll, 2023
$30.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
33Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9938 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
112The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$732K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
184,767+23.5% since 2020
Households
56,437
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
183
Median household income
$104,443+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$131,405
Median home value
$375,900
Jobs located here
41,751
Daytime population
133,150Residents 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 Parker 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

Other business types in Parker County

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

Questions

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

There are 99 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Parker County as of September 2026. 38 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 33 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $378.5M a year, or $6,706 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,437 households in Parker County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Parker County has 17.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Parker County would have about 112, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,171 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Parker County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Parker County at 184,767 people in 2025, up 23.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,437 households. Median household income in Parker County is $104,443, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Parker County scores 87 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #84 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 Parker County

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