Groceries and convenience · County · Tennessee
Convenience stores in Lauderdale County, TN
How Lauderdale 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 8 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,219 of 2,261 scored counties
#80 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 20
- 5 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $49.3M
- On groceries · $5,289 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 69% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.4
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,617
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Lauderdale County scores 8 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #2,219 of 2,261 scored counties and #80 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on groceries in Lauderdale County comes to about $49.3M a year: $5,289 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per store, 69% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Lauderdale County has 20 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 21.4 per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for convenience stores in Lauderdale County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Lauderdale County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Lauderdale 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 | Lauderdale County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.4 | 9.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $6.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,184 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,289 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,879 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 8 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 205 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,617−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,325
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 472 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $49,879+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $66,819
- Median home value
- $143,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,626
- Daytime population
- 21,291Residents 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 |
| 80Lauderdale County, TN | 8 | 20 | 21.4 | $2.5M | −2.0% | #2,219 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Lauderdale County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores28
- Grocery stores31
- Convenience stores8
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 Lauderdale County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 convenience stores in Lauderdale County. 5 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Lauderdale County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lauderdale County, TN spend on groceries?
About $49.3M a year, or $5,289 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 9,325 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lauderdale County, TN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Lauderdale County has 21.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.7 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $2.5M, 69% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 6, against 20 on map listings.
How fast is Lauderdale County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 24,617 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,325 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $49,879 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Lauderdale County scores 8 for convenience stores (very low), #2,219 of 2,261 scored counties.
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