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Convenience stores in Lewis County, TN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,520 of 2,261 scored counties
#61 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.4M
On groceries · $5,459 a household
Spending per listing
$4.9M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,487
+7.0% 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

Households in Lewis County spend about $29.4M a year on groceries, or $5,459 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.9M per store, 38% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

Lewis County has 6 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 60% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Lewis County classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 1,796 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Lewis County grew 7.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Lewis County is 39 (lower middle), #1,520 of 2,261 scored counties and #61 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Lewis 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 Lewis County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLewis CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.19.48.0
Spending per listing$4.9M$6.3M$7.9M
Households per official establishment1,7964,1843,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+50.0%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,459$5,923$6,319
Median household income$56,285$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3942

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$134K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Lewis 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 Lewis County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,487+7.0% since 2020
Households
5,387
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
282 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$56,285+51.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,653
Median home value
$173,400
Jobs located here
3,060
Daytime population
10,974Residents 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 Lewis 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
61Lewis County, TN39611.1$4.9M+7.0%#1,520 of 2,261

Other business types in Lewis County

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Lewis County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 convenience stores in Lewis County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

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

About $29.4M a year, or $5,459 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 5,387 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lewis County has 11.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.9M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Lewis County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,796 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Lewis County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Lewis County at 13,487 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,387 households. The median household income in Lewis County is $56,285 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 51.0% 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. Lewis County scores 39 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,520 of 2,261 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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