Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Texas
Grocery and convenience stores in the San Angelo, TX metro area
How the San Angelo, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #266 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 111
- 67 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $275.3M
- On groceries · $5,814 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.4
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 122,065
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 111 grocery and convenience stores in the San Angelo metro area. 67 of them (60%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 23.4 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the San Angelo metro area comes to about $275.3M a year: $5,814 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 111 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.5M per store, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the San Angelo metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,156 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the San Angelo metro area grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the San Angelo metro area is 40 (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the San Angelo metro area 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 | San Angelo metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.4 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,156 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,814 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,419 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 1,120
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11167 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 81The 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 the San Angelo metro area, 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 the San Angelo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,065+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 47,344
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $68,419
- Average household income
- $89,706
- Median home value
- $197,100
- Jobs located here
- 48,485
- Daytime population
- 120,094Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the San Angelo metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 86 | 1,476 | 14.9 | $4.5M | +14.0% | #7 of 387 |
| 2Midland, TX | 77 | 139 | 20.0 | $3.3M | +9.8% | #26 of 387 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 69 | 4,769 | 16.5 | $3.9M | +10.6% | #64 of 387 |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 66 | 1,762 | 18.2 | $3.4M | +9.5% | #91 of 387 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 58 | 4,775 | 17.9 | $3.5M | +10.3% | #142 of 387 |
| 6El Paso, TX | 57 | 443 | 14.7 | $3.8M | +1.3% | #149 of 387 |
| 7Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 111 | 20.1 | $3M | +12.8% | #165 of 387 |
| 8Killeen-Temple, TX | 53 | 337 | 19.0 | $3.1M | +7.2% | #182 of 387 |
| 9Lubbock, TX | 52 | 283 | 20.1 | $2.9M | +4.6% | #190 of 387 |
| 10Tyler, TX | 51 | 171 | 20.6 | $2.9M | +7.8% | #196 of 387 |
| 15San Angelo, TX | 40 | 111 | 23.4 | $2.5M | +0.3% | #266 of 387 |
Other business types in the San Angelo metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores33
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 the San Angelo, TX metro area?
There are 111 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the San Angelo metro area as of September 2026. 67 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the San Angelo, TX metro area spend on groceries?
About $275.3M a year, or $5,814 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,344 households in the San Angelo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Angelo, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The San Angelo metro area has 23.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the San Angelo metro area would have about 81, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,156 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the San Angelo, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Angelo metro area at 122,065 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,344 households. Median household income in the San Angelo metro area is $68,419, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The San Angelo metro area scores 40 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas.
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