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Coffee shops and cafes in Grainger County, TN

How Grainger County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
4
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$29.7M
On food away from home · $3,071 a household
Spending per listing
$9.9M
2.7 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
72% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,739
+9.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 coffee shops and cafes in Grainger County. That comes to 3.1 for every 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Households in Grainger County spend about $29.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,071 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 coffee shops and cafes, that is $9.9M per cafe, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Grainger County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,415 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.

Population estimates show Grainger County grew 9.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Grainger County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grainger County compares

The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Coffee shops and cafes in Grainger County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureGrainger CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.19.311.0
Spending per listing$9.9M$4M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)2,4151,8691,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+62.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,071$3,670$4,070
Median household income$50,538$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
11
Annual payroll, 2023
$130K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Grainger 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. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Population and households in Grainger County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,739+9.2% since 2020
Households
9,660
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$50,538+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,414
Median home value
$189,200
Jobs located here
4,105
Daytime population
19,042Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Grainger County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN9284.6$8.6M+7.7%#16 of 2,063
2Roane County, TN8783.5$10.3M+7.0%#37 of 2,063
3Cheatham County, TN8295.5$7.2M+4.1%#76 of 2,063
4Loudon County, TN81145.8$6.8M+15.6%#87 of 2,063
5Hawkins County, TN7873.0$10.7M+5.0%#126 of 2,063
6Robertson County, TN78176.0$6.4M+9.9%#134 of 2,063
7Jefferson County, TN78146.4$5.4M+9.3%#142 of 2,063
8Lincoln County, TN72106.7$5.1M+4.3%#251 of 2,063
9Hickman County, TN7155.3$6.5M+5.0%#265 of 2,063
10Cumberland County, TN71186.4$5M+8.0%#277 of 2,063
Grainger County, TNNot scored33.1$9.9M+9.2%

Other business types in Grainger County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Grainger County, TN?

There are 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Grainger County as of September 2026. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.

How much do households in Grainger County, TN spend on food away from home?

About $29.7M a year, or $3,071 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $9.9M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,660 households in Grainger County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grainger County, TN compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Grainger County has 3.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 72% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $9.9M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Grainger County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,415 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Grainger County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Grainger County at 25,739 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,660 households. The median household income in Grainger County is $50,538 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.7% 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. Grainger County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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