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Grocery stores in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #90 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
37
16 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
30
+7.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$429.7M
On groceries · $6,068 a household
Spending per listing
$11.6M
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
172,799
+7.7% 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

Household spending on groceries in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area comes to about $429.7M a year: $6,068 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $11.6M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

The Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area has 37 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 43%, against 37% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.2, 24% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area was 30 in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,361 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area grew 7.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #90 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor 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.

Grocery stores in Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureSebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.26.56.8
Spending per listing$11.6M$9.4M$9.3M
Households per official establishment2,3612,2732,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.1%+4.5%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,068$6,077$6,319
Median household income$73,491$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6459

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
30+7.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,010
Annual payroll, 2023
$55.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3716 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor 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 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
172,799+7.7% since 2020
Households
70,816
Median age
52.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
503 sq. mi.
People per square mile
332
Median household income
$73,491+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,404
Median home value
$351,500
Jobs located here
57,126
Daytime population
157,374Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL85294.1$14.6M+21.1%#14 of 387
2Punta Gorda, FL80414.5$13M+15.5%#20 of 387
3Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL771295.0$12.3M+9.1%#27 of 387
4Homosassa Springs, FL75283.9$14.1M+11.1%#33 of 387
5Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL711575.3$11.1M+11.2%#55 of 387
6North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL702305.9$10.6M+13.2%#62 of 387
7Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL691745.3$11.5M+14.4%#66 of 387
8Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL68756.3$10.1M+9.4%#74 of 387
9Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL64375.2$11.6M+7.7%#90 of 387
10Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL621246.1$9.8M+6.5%#110 of 387

Other business types in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area

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Questions

How many grocery stores are in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 grocery stores in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area. 16 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area spend on groceries?

About $429.7M a year, or $6,068 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $11.6M 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 70,816 households in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

The Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area has 5.2 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $11.6M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area would have about 46, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,361 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area at 172,799 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,816 households. The median household income in the Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area is $73,491 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.3% 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. The Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor metro area scores 64 for grocery stores (upper middle), #90 of 387 scored metro areas.

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