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Grocery stores in Van Zandt County, TX

The grocery stores in Van Zandt County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #605 of 2,070 scored counties
#65 of 133 scored counties in Texas

Listings
19
9 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$131.8M
On groceries · $5,813 a household
Spending per listing
$6.9M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.4
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,130
+10.7% 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 Van Zandt County comes to about $131.8M a year: $5,813 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Van Zandt County has 19 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 8.4 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Van Zandt County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,780 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Van Zandt County grew 10.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Van Zandt County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #605 of 2,070 scored counties and #65 of 133 scored counties in Texas.

How Van Zandt County 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.

Grocery stores in Van Zandt County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureVan Zandt CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.46.26.8
Spending per listing$6.9M$10.1M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,7802,9402,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.7%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,813$6,186$6,319
Median household income$69,475$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score6376

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6
Employees, 2023
419
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
199 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Van Zandt 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 Van Zandt County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,130+10.7% since 2020
Households
22,682
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
843 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$69,475+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,380
Median home value
$222,100
Jobs located here
12,630
Daytime population
54,002Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Texas, with Van Zandt County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Comal County, TX98182.5$26.6M+27.9%#1 of 2,070
2Kendall County, TX9863.4$20.4M+19.6%#2 of 2,070
3Denton County, TX961343.7$18.7M+16.9%#7 of 2,070
4Wilson County, TX9552.7$23.4M+12.2%#9 of 2,070
5Guadalupe County, TX95243.7$17.5M+15.8%#15 of 2,070
6Williamson County, TX951154.6$15.2M+22.3%#17 of 2,070
7Waller County, TX9463.3$19.3M+21.9%#21 of 2,070
8Collin County, TX931844.4$16.1M+20.6%#27 of 2,070
9Hays County, TX93434.3$14.9M+24.8%#28 of 2,070
10Midland County, TX93304.4$14.7M+10.0%#29 of 2,070
65Van Zandt County, TX63198.4$6.9M+10.7%#605 of 2,070

Other business types in Van Zandt County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Van Zandt County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 grocery stores in Van Zandt County. 9 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

How much do households in Van Zandt County, TX spend on groceries?

About $131.8M a year, or $5,813 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $6.9M 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 22,682 households in Van Zandt County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Van Zandt County, TX compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Van Zandt County has 8.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $6.9M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Van Zandt County would have about 14, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,780 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Van Zandt County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Van Zandt County at 66,130 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,682 households. The median household income in Van Zandt County is $69,475 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Van Zandt County scores 63 for grocery stores (upper middle), #605 of 2,070 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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