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Grocery and convenience stores in Webb County, TX

How Webb 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,229 of 2,402 scored counties
#78 of 162 scored counties in Texas

Listings
255
129 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
35
−7.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$459.4M
On groceries · $5,645 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
31.3
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
281,224
+5.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 255 grocery and convenience stores in Webb County. 129 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 31.3 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Webb County comes to about $459.4M a year: $5,645 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 255 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.8M per store, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in Webb County classed as grocery and convenience stores, down 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,325 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 148 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $6.2M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Webb County.

Population estimates put the population change in Webb County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Webb County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,229 of 2,402 scored counties and #78 of 162 scored counties in Texas.

How Webb 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 Webb County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWebb CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households31.320.018.7
Spending per listing$1.8M$3.1M$3.4M
Households per official establishment2,3251,4271,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−7.9%+19.5%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,645$6,186$6,319
Median household income$63,058$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5056

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
38 → 35−7.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,765
Annual payroll, 2023
$85.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
148Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
255129 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
136The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$6.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
281,224+5.2% since 2020
Households
81,373
Median age
30.9
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,362 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$63,058+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,101
Median home value
$189,900
Jobs located here
100,368
Daytime population
263,275Residents 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 Webb 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
78Webb County, TX5025531.3$1.8M+5.2%#1,229 of 2,402

Other business types in Webb County

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

Questions

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

Webb County has 255 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 129 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 7.9% from 2019. Another 148 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $459.4M a year, or $5,645 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 255 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 81,373 households in Webb County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Webb County has 31.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Webb County would have about 136, against 255 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,325 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Webb County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Webb County at 281,224 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 81,373 households. Median household income in Webb County is $63,058, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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. Webb County scores 50 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,229 of 2,402 scored counties.

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