Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Florida
Grocery stores in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #66 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 174
- 76 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 132
- +16.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2B
- On groceries · $6,092 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.5M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 875,607
- +14.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 174 grocery stores in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.3, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area comes to about $2B a year: $6,092 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11.5M per store, 23% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 132 businesses with payroll in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores, up 16.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,483 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $7.7M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area grew 14.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #66 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area compares
The same measures for Florida and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery 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 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $11.5M | $9.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,483 | 2,273 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.8% | +4.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,092 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,107 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 132+16.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,752
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $259.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17476 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 215The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $7.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 875,607+14.4% since 2020
- Households
- 327,803
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 781 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,047
- Median household income
- $76,107+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,469
- Median home value
- $362,200
- Jobs located here
- 293,056
- Daytime population
- 793,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 85 | 29 | 4.1 | $14.6M | +21.1% | #14 of 387 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 80 | 41 | 4.5 | $13M | +15.5% | #20 of 387 |
| 3Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 77 | 129 | 5.0 | $12.3M | +9.1% | #27 of 387 |
| 4Homosassa Springs, FL | 75 | 28 | 3.9 | $14.1M | +11.1% | #33 of 387 |
| 5Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 71 | 157 | 5.3 | $11.1M | +11.2% | #55 of 387 |
| 6North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 70 | 230 | 5.9 | $10.6M | +13.2% | #62 of 387 |
| 7Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 69 | 174 | 5.3 | $11.5M | +14.4% | #66 of 387 |
| 8Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 68 | 75 | 6.3 | $10.1M | +9.4% | #74 of 387 |
| 9Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 64 | 37 | 5.2 | $11.6M | +7.7% | #90 of 387 |
| 10Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 62 | 124 | 6.1 | $9.8M | +6.5% | #110 of 387 |
Other business types in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 stores69
- Grocery stores69
- Convenience stores66
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area?
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has 174 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 76 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 132 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 16.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area spend on groceries?
About $2B a year, or $6,092 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 174 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $11.5M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 327,803 households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has 5.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $11.5M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area would have about 215, against 174 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,483 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.8% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area at 875,607 people in 2025, up 14.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,803 households. Median household income in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area is $76,107, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area scores 69 for grocery stores (upper middle), #66 of 387 scored metro areas.
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