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Grocery stores in Orange County, FL

How Orange County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #595 of 2,070 scored counties
#33 of 59 scored counties in Florida

Listings
357
169 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
246
+6.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.3B
On groceries · $6,207 a household
Spending per listing
$9.2M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,528,002
+6.7% 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

At $6,207 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $3.3B a year on groceries. That is about $9.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Orange County has 357 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 169 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 246 businesses with payroll in Orange County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores, up 6.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,145 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $6.2M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Orange County.

Population estimates show Orange County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Orange County is 63 (upper middle), #595 of 2,070 scored counties and #33 of 59 scored counties in Florida.

How Orange County 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.

Grocery stores in Orange County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.86.56.8
Spending per listing$9.2M$9.4M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,1452,2732,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.5%+4.5%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,207$6,077$6,319
Median household income$79,719$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6359

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
231 → 246+6.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
13,724
Annual payroll, 2023
$406.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
357169 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
353The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$6.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,528,002+6.7% since 2020
Households
527,776
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
903 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,630
Median household income
$79,719+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,351
Median home value
$390,100
Jobs located here
1,016,060
Daytime population
1,785,933Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with Orange County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Johns County, FL91564.8$14.3M+25.0%#48 of 2,070
2Santa Rosa County, FL90324.4$14.5M+11.7%#53 of 2,070
3Nassau County, FL89123.1$20.9M+17.4%#57 of 2,070
4Clay County, FL88364.3$14.6M+9.4%#71 of 2,070
5Pasco County, FL86923.9$15.4M+19.1%#100 of 2,070
6Sumter County, FL86294.1$14.6M+21.1%#101 of 2,070
7Lake County, FL85774.7$12.8M+18.1%#112 of 2,070
8Charlotte County, FL83414.5$13M+15.5%#137 of 2,070
9Flagler County, FL82264.9$12.4M+21.0%#157 of 2,070
10Brevard County, FL801295.0$12.3M+9.1%#198 of 2,070
33Orange County, FL633576.8$9.2M+6.7%#595 of 2,070

Other business types in Orange County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Orange County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 357 grocery stores in Orange County. 169 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 246 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 6.5% from 2019.

How much do households in Orange County, FL spend on groceries?

About $3.3B a year, or $6,207 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 357 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $9.2M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 527,776 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Orange County, FL compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Orange County has 6.8 grocery stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $9.2M, in line with the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Orange County would have about 353, against 357 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,145 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.5% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 1,528,002 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 527,776 households. The median household income in Orange County is $79,719 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Orange County scores 63 for grocery stores (upper middle), #595 of 2,070 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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