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Coffee shops and cafes in Smith County, TN
How Smith 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $28M
- On food away from home · $3,532 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7M
- 89% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,981
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Smith County spend about $28M a year on food away from home, or $3,532 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $7M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 89% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Smith County has 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Smith County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 2,644 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Smith County grew 5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Smith County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Smith 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.
| Measure | Smith County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 9.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7M | $4M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,644 | 1,869 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +62.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,532 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,293 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $261K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- 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 Smith 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 Smith County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,981+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,932
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 314 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $66,293+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,956
- Median home value
- $243,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,086
- Daytime population
- 15,463Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 92 | 8 | 4.6 | $8.6M | +7.7% | #16 of 2,063 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 87 | 8 | 3.5 | $10.3M | +7.0% | #37 of 2,063 |
| 3Cheatham County, TN | 82 | 9 | 5.5 | $7.2M | +4.1% | #76 of 2,063 |
| 4Loudon County, TN | 81 | 14 | 5.8 | $6.8M | +15.6% | #87 of 2,063 |
| 5Hawkins County, TN | 78 | 7 | 3.0 | $10.7M | +5.0% | #126 of 2,063 |
| 6Robertson County, TN | 78 | 17 | 6.0 | $6.4M | +9.9% | #134 of 2,063 |
| 7Jefferson County, TN | 78 | 14 | 6.4 | $5.4M | +9.3% | #142 of 2,063 |
| 8Lincoln County, TN | 72 | 10 | 6.7 | $5.1M | +4.3% | #251 of 2,063 |
| 9Hickman County, TN | 71 | 5 | 5.3 | $6.5M | +5.0% | #265 of 2,063 |
| 10Cumberland County, TN | 71 | 18 | 6.4 | $5M | +8.0% | #277 of 2,063 |
| Smith County, TN | Not scored | 4 | 5.0 | $7M | +5.1% |
Other business types in Smith County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants74
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Smith County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 coffee shops and cafes in Smith County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
How much do households in Smith County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $28M a year, or $3,532 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $7M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,932 households in Smith County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Smith County, TN compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Smith County has 5.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $7M, 89% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Smith County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,644 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Smith County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Smith County at 20,981 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,932 households. Median household income in Smith County is $66,293, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Smith County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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