Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Tennessee
Convenience stores in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area
How the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #249 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 106
- 32 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $730.8M
- On groceries · $5,581 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.9M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 314,834
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 convenience stores in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area. Chain locations make up 30% 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.
Households in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area spend about $730.8M a year on groceries, or $5,581 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.9M of household spending for each store on map listings, 12% 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 Kingsport-Bristol metro area was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 4,850 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $265K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingsport-Bristol metro area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Kingsport-Bristol metro area scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #249 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Kingsport-Bristol metro 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 | Kingsport-Bristol metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 9.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.9M | $6.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,850 | 4,184 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,581 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $57,792 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27
- Employees, 2023
- 110
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10632 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $265K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in the Kingsport-Bristol metro 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 Kingsport-Bristol metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 314,834+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 130,939
- Median age
- 45.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,011 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $57,792+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,119
- Median home value
- $198,400
- Jobs located here
- 120,004
- Daytime population
- 304,648Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Kingsport-Bristol metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 63 | 736 | 8.9 | $7.1M | +8.7% | #110 of 387 |
| 2Johnson City, TN | 62 | 59 | 6.6 | $8.4M | +4.3% | #116 of 387 |
| 3Knoxville, TN | 56 | 315 | 8.3 | $7.2M | +6.9% | #163 of 387 |
| 4Clarksville, TN-KY | 54 | 108 | 8.6 | $6.7M | +8.5% | #177 of 387 |
| 5Morristown, TN | 47 | 43 | 9.0 | $6.3M | +7.9% | #221 of 387 |
| 6Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 42 | 106 | 8.1 | $6.9M | +2.3% | #249 of 387 |
| 7Cleveland, TN | 39 | 79 | 15.8 | $3.6M | +6.1% | #271 of 387 |
| 8Jackson, TN | 35 | 61 | 8.4 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #289 of 387 |
| 9Chattanooga, TN-GA | 35 | 312 | 13.5 | $4.4M | +5.3% | #293 of 387 |
| 10Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 34 | 455 | 8.7 | $6.7M | −0.3% | #297 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores42
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 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area?
There are 106 convenience stores on map listings in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area as of September 2026. 32 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area spend on groceries?
About $730.8M a year, or $5,581 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.9M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 130,939 households in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Kingsport-Bristol metro area has 8.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.9M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Kingsport-Bristol metro area would have about 93, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,850 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsport-Bristol metro area at 314,834 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 130,939 households. Median household income in the Kingsport-Bristol metro area is $57,792, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. The Kingsport-Bristol metro area scores 42 for convenience stores (lower middle), #249 of 387 scored metro areas.
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