Walmart plans new 174,579-square-foot store in Jarrell, Texas

Jarrell applicants and Walmart associates in nearby stores should watch the hiring boards: Walmart filed for a 174,579-square-foot Supercenter at 860 FB Schwertner Road, with construction set to run from Sept. 7, 2026, through Aug. 6, 2027.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing lists the project as “Walmart 3085.1000 - New Store - Jarrell, TX,” with an estimated cost of $12.2 million and a registration date of May 1, 2026. It is marked as new construction on private land for private use, a plain signal that the company is still laying the groundwork before any store staffing begins.

For hourly workers, the practical meaning is bigger than a building permit. A new Walmart typically means a long construction runway, then a hiring cycle, training, and a reset in local labor demand. Walmart’s 2025 annual report shows how much the chain now relies on same-day pickup, delivery, express delivery within 90 minutes, in-home delivery, and digital pharmacy fulfillment, so a Jarrell store would likely need workers who can handle both the sales floor and the digital side of the business. That points to openings in cashiering, stocking, department coverage, pharmacy work, team lead spots and store management tracks once the store gets closer to opening.

The project had already been moving through local government months before the filing. The Jarrell Planning and Zoning Commission posted notice for a Walmart neighborhood Q&A meeting on Sept. 16, 2025, and Jarrell City Council conditionally approved zoning and preliminary plats at its Dec. 2, 2025 meeting. By then, the town had already started treating the store as a major addition to a corridor north of Austin that is growing fast enough to change how retail and labor are organized.

Jarrell’s population estimate reached 5,151 on July 1, 2024, up from 1,753 in the 2020 Census, a 192.7% jump. Williamson County’s July 1, 2025 estimate hit 752,827, up 23.6% from the April 1, 2020 base, and county officials describe it as the 8th fastest-growing county in Texas. The nearest Walmart locations are now in Georgetown and Belton, which means the Jarrell store could pull shoppers closer to home and shift traffic away from surrounding stores.

That matters for current associates as much as for new hires. A store opening in a fast-growing market can create transfer chances for workers who want a newer building, different hours or a path into larger-volume operations. It can also open up movement across nearby stores as labor shifts toward the new location. With Jarrell set to get its first major grocer, the opening will likely be watched less as a land deal than as the start of a new staffing cycle in one of Central Texas’s fastest-moving retail markets.