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Convenience stores in Coffee County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Coffee County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,315 of 2,261 scored counties
#52 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
34
19 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$128.4M
On groceries · $5,561 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.7
84% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,419
+7.4% 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

Household spending on groceries in Coffee County comes to about $128.4M a year: $5,561 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per store, 52% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Coffee County has 34 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 14.7 per 10,000 households, 84% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Coffee County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 3,850 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Coffee County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Coffee County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,315 of 2,261 scored counties and #52 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Coffee 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.

Convenience stores in Coffee County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureCoffee CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.79.48.0
Spending per listing$3.8M$6.3M$7.9M
Households per official establishment3,8504,1843,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+50.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.4%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,561$5,923$6,319
Median household income$61,505$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4542

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$459K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3419 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Coffee 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 Coffee County

Population, 2025 estimate
62,419+7.4% since 2020
Households
23,097
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
429 sq. mi.
People per square mile
139
Median household income
$61,505+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,596
Median home value
$246,800
Jobs located here
25,645
Daytime population
61,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Coffee County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN96515.5$13.3M+9.0%#5 of 2,261
2Fayette County, TN8484.6$13.4M+7.7%#96 of 2,261
3Washington County, TN81315.5$10.5M+6.0%#144 of 2,261
4Roane County, TN81135.7$10.3M+7.0%#145 of 2,261
5Wilson County, TN79488.1$8M+17.8%#199 of 2,261
6Montgomery County, TN77708.0$7.5M+13.0%#262 of 2,261
7Jefferson County, TN76146.4$9M+9.3%#277 of 2,261
8Sullivan County, TN75416.0$9.5M+3.5%#295 of 2,261
9Rutherford County, TN751189.1$6.9M+12.6%#308 of 2,261
10Sumner County, TN75789.9$6.4M+9.2%#309 of 2,261
52Coffee County, TN453414.7$3.8M+7.4%#1,315 of 2,261

Other business types in Coffee County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Coffee County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 convenience stores in Coffee County. 19 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Coffee County, TN spend on groceries?

About $128.4M a year, or $5,561 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 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 23,097 households in Coffee County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coffee County, TN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Coffee County has 14.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 84% 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, Coffee County would have about 16, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,850 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Coffee County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Coffee County at 62,419 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,097 households. The median household income in Coffee County is $61,505 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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. Coffee County scores 45 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,315 of 2,261 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for convenience stores · All 56 business types in Coffee County

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