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Convenience stores in Sullivan County, TN
How Sullivan 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 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #295 of 2,261 scored counties
#8 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 41
- 18 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $389M
- On groceries · $5,645 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.5M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 163,759
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Sullivan County comes to about $389M a year: $5,645 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $9.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Sullivan County has 41 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 44%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Sullivan County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 13,781 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 Sullivan County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sullivan County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Sullivan County has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #295 of 2,261 scored counties and #8 of 80 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sullivan 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 | Sullivan County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 9.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9.5M | $6.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,781 | 4,184 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +50.0% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,645 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $58,807 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 25
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $452K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 163,759+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 68,907
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 388
- Median household income
- $58,807+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,467
- Median home value
- $213,300
- Jobs located here
- 71,251
- Daytime population
- 164,416Residents 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 |
Other business types in Sullivan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores78
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores75
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 Sullivan County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 convenience stores in Sullivan County. 18 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Sullivan County, TN spend on groceries?
About $389M a year, or $5,645 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $9.5M 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 68,907 households in Sullivan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sullivan County, TN compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Sullivan County has 6.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $9.5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Sullivan County would have about 49, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,781 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Sullivan County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Sullivan County at 163,759 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,907 households. The median household income in Sullivan County is $58,807 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Sullivan County scores 75 for convenience stores (high), #295 of 2,261 scored counties.
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