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Grocery and convenience stores in Tom Green County, TX

The grocery and convenience stores in Tom Green County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #953 of 2,402 scored counties
#58 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
109
67 chain locations (61%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$271.7M
On groceries · $5,810 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.3
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,602
+0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 109 grocery and convenience stores in Tom Green County. 67 of them (61%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.3, 25% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Tom Green County comes to about $271.7M a year: $5,810 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Tom Green County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 3,117 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Tom Green County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Tom Green County is 56 (upper middle), #953 of 2,402 scored counties and #58 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTom Green CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.320.018.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment3,1171,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,810$6,186$6,319
Median household income$68,370$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5656

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 15
Employees, 2023
1,120
Annual payroll, 2023
$35.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
27Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10967 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
80The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,602+0.4% since 2020
Households
46,756
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,590
Median home value
$197,000
Jobs located here
47,889
Daytime population
118,619Residents 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 Tom Green 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
58Tom Green County, TX5610923.3$2.5M+0.4%#953 of 2,402

Other business types in Tom Green County

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

Questions

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

There are 109 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Tom Green County as of September 2026. 67 of them (61%) 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. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $271.7M a year, or $5,810 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 109 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tom Green County has 23.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 80, against 109 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,117 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 56 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #953 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 Tom Green County

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