Groceries and convenience · County · Tennessee
Convenience stores in Bradley County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Bradley County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,042 of 2,261 scored counties
#34 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 65
- 42 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $244.7M
- On groceries · $5,745 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 91% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 115,465
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Bradley County comes to about $244.7M a year: $5,745 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 52% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 65 convenience stores on map listings in Bradley County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 15.3 for every 10,000 households, 91% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Bradley County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 6,085 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Bradley County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bradley County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,042 of 2,261 scored counties and #34 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Bradley County compares
The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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.
| Measure | Bradley County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 9.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $6.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,085 | 4,184 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,745 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,552 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $552K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6542 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 convenience stores in Bradley 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 Bradley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 115,465+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 42,596
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,552+29.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,706
- Median home value
- $261,900
- Jobs located here
- 42,670
- Daytime population
- 105,258Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williamson County, TN | 96 | 51 | 5.5 | $13.3M | +9.0% | #5 of 2,261 |
| 2Fayette County, TN | 84 | 8 | 4.6 | $13.4M | +7.7% | #96 of 2,261 |
| 3Washington County, TN | 81 | 31 | 5.5 | $10.5M | +6.0% | #144 of 2,261 |
| 4Roane County, TN | 81 | 13 | 5.7 | $10.3M | +7.0% | #145 of 2,261 |
| 5Wilson County, TN | 79 | 48 | 8.1 | $8M | +17.8% | #199 of 2,261 |
| 6Montgomery County, TN | 77 | 70 | 8.0 | $7.5M | +13.0% | #262 of 2,261 |
| 7Jefferson County, TN | 76 | 14 | 6.4 | $9M | +9.3% | #277 of 2,261 |
| 8Sullivan County, TN | 75 | 41 | 6.0 | $9.5M | +3.5% | #295 of 2,261 |
| 9Rutherford County, TN | 75 | 118 | 9.1 | $6.9M | +12.6% | #308 of 2,261 |
| 10Sumner County, TN | 75 | 78 | 9.9 | $6.4M | +9.2% | #309 of 2,261 |
| 34Bradley County, TN | 53 | 65 | 15.3 | $3.8M | +6.1% | #1,042 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Bradley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores53
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Bradley County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 65 convenience stores in Bradley County. 42 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Bradley County, TN spend on groceries?
About $244.7M a year, or $5,745 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,596 households in Bradley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bradley County, TN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Bradley County has 15.3 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 91% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.8M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Bradley County would have about 31, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,085 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Bradley County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Bradley County at 115,465 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,596 households. The median household income in Bradley County is $66,552 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.7% 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. Bradley County scores 53 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,042 of 2,261 scored counties.
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