Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Texas
Grocery and convenience stores in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #91 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 1,762
- 873 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 501
- +21.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.9B
- On groceries · $6,103 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.2
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,813,140
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area comes to about $5.9B a year: $6,103 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 1,762 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.4M per store, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area has 1,762 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.2, 3% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 501 businesses with payroll in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 21.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,931 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 521 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $8.1M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area is 66 (upper middle), #91 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 Antonio-New Braunfels metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.2 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,931 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.9% | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,103 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,213 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 501+21.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 27,233
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $866.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 521Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,762873 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,743The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $8.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 Antonio-New Braunfels metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,813,140+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 967,488
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 364
- Median household income
- $76,213+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,761
- Median home value
- $278,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,138,312
- Daytime population
- 2,628,195Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 stores66
- Grocery stores85
- Convenience stores48
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 Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,762 grocery and convenience stores in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area. 873 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 501 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 21.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 521 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area spend on groceries?
About $5.9B a year, or $6,103 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,762 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 967,488 households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area has 18.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area would have about 1,743, against 1,762 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,931 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area at 2,813,140 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 967,488 households. The median household income in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area is $76,213 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area scores 66 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #91 of 387 scored metro areas.
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