Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Florida
Grocery stores in the Jacksonville, FL metro area
How the Jacksonville, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #138 of 387 scored metro areas
#15 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 425
- 196 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 273
- +11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.1B
- On groceries · $6,192 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.7M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,785,500
- +10.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 425 grocery stores in the Jacksonville metro area. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
At $6,192 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Jacksonville metro area spend about $4.1B a year on groceries. That is about $9.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 4% 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 273 businesses with payroll in the Jacksonville metro area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores, up 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,429 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $4.6M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Jacksonville metro area.
Population estimates show the Jacksonville metro area grew 10.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Jacksonville metro area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #138 of 387 scored metro areas and #15 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Jacksonville 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 | Jacksonville metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.7M | $9.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,429 | 2,273 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.4% | +4.5% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,192 | $6,077 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $79,643 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 273+11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 16,058
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $447.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 425196 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 442The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $4.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,785,500+10.7% since 2020
- Households
- 663,101
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 3,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 526
- Median household income
- $79,643+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,638
- Median home value
- $343,400
- Jobs located here
- 779,445
- Daytime population
- 1,697,743Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 15Jacksonville, FL | 58 | 425 | 6.4 | $9.7M | +10.7% | #138 of 387 |
Other business types in the Jacksonville 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 stores55
- Grocery stores58
- Convenience stores50
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 stores are in the Jacksonville, FL metro area?
The Jacksonville metro area has 425 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 196 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 273 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Jacksonville, FL metro area spend on groceries?
About $4.1B a year, or $6,192 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 425 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 663,101 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Jacksonville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Jacksonville metro area has 6.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.7M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 442, against 425 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,429 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Jacksonville, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 1,785,500 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 663,101 households. Median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $79,643, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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 Jacksonville metro area scores 58 for grocery stores (upper middle), #138 of 387 scored metro areas.
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