Groceries and convenience · County · Texas
Grocery and convenience stores in San Patricio County, TX
How San Patricio 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,271 of 2,402 scored counties
#80 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 82
- 54 chain locations (66%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $148.7M
- On groceries · $5,870 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.4
- 73% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,053
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in San Patricio County spend about $148.7M a year on groceries, or $5,870 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 82 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.8M per store, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
San Patricio County has 82 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 54 of them (66%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 32.4 per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in San Patricio County in 2023. That is one for every 1,810 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of San Patricio County grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). San Patricio County scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,271 of 2,402 scored counties and #80 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How San Patricio 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 | San Patricio County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.4 | 20.0 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.1M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,810 | 1,427 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,870 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $69,704 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 746
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8254 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The 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 San Patricio 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 San Patricio County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,053+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 25,334
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 693 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $69,704+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,173
- Median home value
- $192,400
- Jobs located here
- 21,429
- Daytime population
- 62,367Residents 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 |
| 80San Patricio County, TX | 49 | 82 | 32.4 | $1.8M | +4.7% | #1,271 of 2,402 |
Other business types in San Patricio County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores72
- Convenience stores39
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 San Patricio County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 grocery and convenience stores in San Patricio County. 54 of them (66%) 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 list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in San Patricio County, TX spend on groceries?
About $148.7M a year, or $5,870 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,334 households in San Patricio County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Patricio County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
San Patricio County has 32.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, San Patricio County would have about 44, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,810 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is San Patricio County, TX growing?
Population estimates put San Patricio County at 72,053 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,334 households. The median household income in San Patricio County is $69,704 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.3% 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. San Patricio County scores 49 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,271 of 2,402 scored counties.
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