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Fast food and sandwich shops in Bledsoe County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Bledsoe County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 2 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $15M
- On food away from home · $3,089 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 15,920
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,089 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Bledsoe County spend about $15M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $7.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Bledsoe County as of September 2026. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Bledsoe County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,619 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population estimates show Bledsoe County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Bledsoe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bledsoe County compares
The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops 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 | Bledsoe County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 15.1 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,619 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,089 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,720 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 limited-service restaurants in Bledsoe 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in Bledsoe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,920+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,858
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $54,720+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,637
- Median home value
- $189,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,517
- Daytime population
- 12,597Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 88 | 15 | 8.7 | $4.6M | +7.7% | #31 of 2,222 |
| 2Hickman County, TN | 82 | 6 | 6.4 | $5.4M | +5.0% | #92 of 2,222 |
| 3Morgan County, TN | 79 | 5 | 7.0 | $4.8M | +5.3% | #143 of 2,222 |
| 4Grainger County, TN | 78 | 6 | 6.2 | $4.9M | +9.2% | #158 of 2,222 |
| 5Franklin County, TN | 77 | 13 | 7.5 | $4.6M | +6.4% | #186 of 2,222 |
| 6Tipton County, TN | 75 | 20 | 8.8 | $4.2M | +2.0% | #226 of 2,222 |
| 7Meigs County, TN | 75 | 5 | 9.6 | $3.5M | +10.8% | #234 of 2,222 |
| 8Union County, TN | 74 | 7 | 8.8 | $3.7M | +8.1% | #256 of 2,222 |
| 9Sumner County, TN | 74 | 101 | 12.9 | $3.2M | +9.2% | #264 of 2,222 |
| 10Williamson County, TN | 71 | 123 | 13.3 | $4M | +9.0% | #329 of 2,222 |
| Bledsoe County, TN | Not scored | 2 | 4.1 | $7.5M | +6.5% |
Other business types in Bledsoe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes75
- Sit-down restaurants66
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Bledsoe County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 fast food and sandwich shops in Bledsoe County. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.
How much do households in Bledsoe County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $15M a year, or $3,089 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $7.5M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,858 households in Bledsoe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bledsoe County, TN compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Bledsoe County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Bledsoe County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,619 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Bledsoe County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Bledsoe County at 15,920 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,858 households. Median household income in Bledsoe County is $54,720, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Bledsoe County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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