Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Tennessee
Convenience stores in the Dyersburg, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Dyersburg, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #280 of 529 scored small-town markets
#10 of 17 scored small-town markets based 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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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 convenience stores in the Dyersburg area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 17%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Dyersburg area spend about $81.9M a year on groceries, or $5,544 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Dyersburg area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,692 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Dyersburg area declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For convenience stores, the Dyersburg area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #280 of 529 scored small-town markets and #10 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Dyersburg area 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 | Dyersburg area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $6.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,692 | 4,184 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/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 score | 50 | 42 |
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 the Dyersburg area, 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 the Dyersburg area
- 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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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Dyersburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crossville, TN | 72 | 24 | 8.5 | $6.5M | +8.0% | #74 of 529 |
| 2Athens, TN | 70 | 26 | 9.8 | $5.7M | +8.2% | #88 of 529 |
| 3Lewisburg, TN | 63 | 14 | 10.3 | $5.8M | +10.5% | #150 of 529 |
| 4Shelbyville, TN | 61 | 19 | 9.7 | $6M | +9.7% | #168 of 529 |
| 5Winchester, TN | 60 | 15 | 8.6 | $6.6M | +6.4% | #177 of 529 |
| 6Fayetteville, TN | 59 | 16 | 10.8 | $5.3M | +4.3% | #197 of 529 |
| 7Cookeville, TN | 58 | 62 | 10.6 | $5.2M | +7.6% | #206 of 529 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 53 | 29 | 10.2 | $5.4M | +5.0% | #256 of 529 |
| 9Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 52 | 35 | 13.5 | $4.1M | +7.3% | #270 of 529 |
| 10Dyersburg, TN | 50 | 12 | 8.1 | $6.8M | −1.1% | #280 of 529 |
Other business types in the Dyersburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores34
- Grocery stores27
- Convenience stores50
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 the Dyersburg, TN area?
The Dyersburg area has 12 convenience stores on map listings 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 the Dyersburg, TN area 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 the Dyersburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dyersburg, TN area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Dyersburg area 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, the Dyersburg area 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 the Dyersburg, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Dyersburg area 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 the Dyersburg area 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Dyersburg area scores 50 for convenience stores (upper middle), #280 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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