Grapevine, TX · DFW Metro · 2026

Grapevine's local economy, measured.
Including what nobody is measuring yet.

Industry mix, workforce capacity, and structural gaps are all measurable from public data. A fourth layer is not. This report shows all four — including what remains unmeasured, and why.

Active Businesses
1,248
Registered establishments with active sales tax permits in Grapevine city limits.
Texas Comptroller · Census SUSB
Industries with Surface Indicators
12of 312 NAICS
Sectors with enough public data density to compute health signals.
Computed · see Methodology
Workforce Capacity Available
41,300
Working-age residents with labor force attachment in the Grapevine area.
Census ACS · Workforce Solutions Tarrant
Contribution Capacity
not yet measured
Who in the community would help, mentor, support, or train a struggling business.
No existing infrastructure measures this. The NIEA is the first attempt.

Three of these four layers can be measured from public data. The fourth — the one that decides whether a struggling business gets help from a community member who could provide it — is the layer no existing economic infrastructure measures.

What's Measurable
Demand
Industry mix by NAICS. Establishment density. Formation and closure rates.
Texas Comptroller · Census SUSB · BLS QCEW
Supply
Workforce skills by census tract. Educational attainment. Occupational distribution.
Census ACS · Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County
Mismatch
Where industry need and workforce capacity don't align. Where formation rates outpace survival.
Computed from demand and supply layers.
What's Not
Contribution Capacity
Who in the community would help, mentor, support, or train. What capacity exists that no transaction would ever surface.
No public infrastructure measures this. The NIEA app, launched in 2026, is the first attempt.
Business Health Index
Trailing 12 months · Grapevine, TX
80 70 60 78.4 Jun Aug Oct Dec Feb May
Composite of establishment count, formation rate, closure rate, and workforce participation. Methodology
Sector Opportunity Density
NAICS 2-digit groupings · Grapevine, TX
Accommodation82 Construction74 Professional71 Healthcare65 Transportation61 Retail Trade58 Finance53 Manufacturing44
Composite opportunity score: formation rate, closure rate, workforce alignment.
Every number on this page is computed from a documented method. Read the methodology
Grapevine Opportunity Map
Business Audit Map
NIEA-audited businesses — digital presence gap & contribution opportunity scores.
Pin size reflects opportunity gap. Click any pin to view the full business audit.
Sector Analysis
Grapevine Sector Performance
NAICS 2-digit groupings ranked by composite opportunity score.
SectorNAICSEstablishments12-mo FormationOpportunity ScoreSignal
Accommodation and Food Services
NAICS 72
72214+8.4%
82
High
Construction
NAICS 23
23143+6.1%
74
High
Professional and Technical Services
NAICS 54
54187+4.8%
71
High
Health Care and Social Assistance
NAICS 62
6298+2.9%
65
Mid
Transportation and Warehousing
NAICS 48-49
48-4962+2.1%
61
Mid
Retail Trade
NAICS 44-45
44-45218+0.8%
58
Mid
Finance and Insurance
NAICS 52
5276-0.4%
53
Low
Manufacturing
NAICS 31-33
31-3334-1.2%
44
Low
Documentation
Methodology
Every number on this portal is computed from a documented public source. Where a layer cannot be computed, this report says so explicitly.
Layer 1
Demand-Side
Active establishment count is derived from Texas Comptroller sales tax permit records, filtered to Grapevine city limits. Formation rate is the 12-month rolling count of new permits divided by total active permits.
Texas Comptroller Open Data Portal
U.S. Census Bureau — Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) 2022
Bureau of Labor Statistics — QCEW
Layer 2
Supply-Side
Workforce capacity figures use 5-year ACS estimates for census tracts within the Grapevine city boundary. Working-age population (18-64) with labor force attachment is the primary supply metric.
Census ACS 5-Year Estimates 2023
Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County
Layer 3
Mismatch Indicators
The Business Health Index is a normalized composite: establishment count (30%), 12-month formation rate (25%), 12-month closure rate (25%), and workforce participation in the dominant NAICS sector (20%), re-scored 0–100 monthly.
Layer 4
Contribution Capacity
No public data source measures this layer. It requires people to opt in — and infrastructure for them to opt in to.

Until sufficient community participation is reached in Grapevine, this layer will remain unmeasured. The NIEA app, launched in 2026, is the first infrastructure built to capture this data. This report will be updated as that data becomes available.