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Optometrists and eye clinics in Franklin County, TN
The optometrists and eye clinics in Franklin County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On medical and dental services · $1,022 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,579
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 optometrists and eye clinics in Franklin County. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 4.1.
Household spending on medical and dental services in Franklin County comes to about $17.8M a year: $1,022 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each practice on map listings, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which optometrists and eye clinics share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as offices of optometrists. That is one for every 5,815 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Franklin County grew 6.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the optometrists and eye clinics 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 | Franklin County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,815 | 6,347 | 5,742 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +0.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on medical and dental services | $1,022 | $1,088 | $1,288 |
| Median household income | $63,494 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $941K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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 offices of optometrists in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,579+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,445
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $63,494+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $236,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,501
- Daytime population
- 36,269Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Montgomery County, TN | 75 | 22 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +13.0% | #122 of 1,302 |
| 2Dickson County, TN | 71 | 6 | 2.8 | $4M | +7.7% | #185 of 1,302 |
| 3Blount County, TN | 70 | 18 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +6.0% | #203 of 1,302 |
| 4Anderson County, TN | 69 | 10 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +6.1% | #219 of 1,302 |
| 5Tipton County, TN | 68 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.9M | +2.0% | #225 of 1,302 |
| 6Sumner County, TN | 68 | 31 | 3.9 | $3.1M | +9.2% | #245 of 1,302 |
| 7Cumberland County, TN | 67 | 6 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +8.0% | #252 of 1,302 |
| 8Davidson County, TN | 64 | 119 | 3.7 | $3.2M | +4.2% | #330 of 1,302 |
| 9Rutherford County, TN | 59 | 53 | 4.1 | $2.9M | +12.6% | #452 of 1,302 |
| 10Maury County, TN | 55 | 19 | 4.5 | $2.5M | +16.0% | #569 of 1,302 |
| Franklin County, TN | Not scored | 4 | 2.3 | $4.5M | +6.4% |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many optometrists and eye clinics are in Franklin County, TN?
Franklin County has 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count optometrists and eye clinics. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as offices of optometrists in 2023.
How much do households in Franklin County, TN spend on medical and dental services?
About $17.8M a year, or $1,022 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 optometrists and eye clinics on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per practice. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only optometrists and eye clinics. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,445 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, TN compare with the U.S. for optometrists and eye clinics?
Franklin County has 2.3 optometrists and eye clinics per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 4.1. Spending per practice is $4.5M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of optometrists and eye clinics to household spending, Franklin County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,815 households, against one for every 5,742 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 45,579 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,445 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $63,494 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. Franklin County has no market score for optometrists and eye clinics: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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