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Convenience stores in Dyer County, TN

How Dyer County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,258 of 2,261 scored counties
#47 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
12
2 chain locations (17%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$81.9M
On groceries · $5,544 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.1
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,320
−1.1% 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 12 convenience stores in Dyer County. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $5,544 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Dyer County spend about $81.9M a year on groceries. Spread across 12 convenience stores, that is $6.8M per store, 13% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Dyer County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 3,692 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Dyer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Dyer County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #1,258 of 2,261 scored counties and #47 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Dyer 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 Dyer County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureDyer CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.19.48.0
Spending per listing$6.8M$6.3M$7.9M
Households per official establishment3,6924,1843,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+50.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,544$5,923$6,319
Median household income$58,154$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4642

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
17
Annual payroll, 2023
$357K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
122 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Dyer 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 Dyer County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,320−1.1% since 2020
Households
14,769
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
512 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$58,154+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,907
Median home value
$166,400
Jobs located here
15,590
Daytime population
36,284Residents 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 Dyer 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
47Dyer County, TN46128.1$6.8M−1.1%#1,258 of 2,261

Other business types in Dyer County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Dyer County, TN?

There are 12 convenience stores on map listings in Dyer County as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $81.9M a year, or $5,544 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,769 households in Dyer County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dyer County has 8.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.8M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Dyer County would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,692 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Dyer County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Dyer County at 36,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,769 households. Median household income in Dyer County is $58,154, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Dyer County scores 46 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,258 of 2,261 scored counties.

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

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