Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Texas
Grocery stores in the Odessa, TX metro area
The grocery stores in the Odessa, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #36 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 29
- 15 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $382.9M
- On groceries · $5,931 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.2M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 173,801
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Odessa metro area scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #36 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for grocery stores.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 grocery stores in the Odessa metro area. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Household spending on groceries in the Odessa metro area comes to about $382.9M a year: $5,931 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 29 grocery stores, that is $13.2M per store, 42% 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 20 businesses with payroll in the Odessa metro area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,228 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Odessa metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Odessa metro area 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 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 | Odessa metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 6.2 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.2M | $10.1M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,228 | 2,940 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.7% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,931 | $6,186 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $71,536 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 76 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 1,718
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $53.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Odessa 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 Odessa metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 173,801+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 64,563
- Median age
- 32.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 183
- Median household income
- $71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,485
- Median home value
- $200,200
- Jobs located here
- 73,944
- Daytime population
- 162,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Odessa metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 93 | 31 | 4.5 | $14.6M | +9.8% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 90 | 525 | 5.3 | $12.6M | +14.0% | #5 of 387 |
| 3Sherman-Denison, TX | 86 | 22 | 4.0 | $15M | +12.8% | #13 of 387 |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 85 | 465 | 4.8 | $12.7M | +9.5% | #15 of 387 |
| 5Killeen-Temple, TX | 82 | 64 | 3.6 | $16.2M | +7.2% | #17 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 77 | 1,637 | 5.7 | $11.4M | +10.6% | #28 of 387 |
| 7Odessa, TX | 75 | 29 | 4.5 | $13.2M | +5.0% | #36 of 387 |
| 8Victoria, TX | 73 | 14 | 3.7 | $15.7M | +1.6% | #43 of 387 |
| 9Lubbock, TX | 70 | 68 | 4.8 | $11.9M | +4.6% | #57 of 387 |
| 10College Station-Bryan, TX | 66 | 55 | 5.2 | $11M | +6.9% | #83 of 387 |
Other business types in the Odessa 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 stores50
- Grocery stores75
- Convenience stores42
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 Odessa, TX metro area?
There are 29 grocery stores on map listings in the Odessa metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Odessa, TX metro area spend on groceries?
About $382.9M a year, or $5,931 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $13.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,563 households in the Odessa metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Odessa, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Odessa metro area has 4.5 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $13.2M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Odessa metro area would have about 41, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,228 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Odessa, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Odessa metro area at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. Median household income in the Odessa metro area is $71,536, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.6%, 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 Odessa metro area scores 75 for grocery stores (high), #36 of 387 scored metro areas.
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