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Fast food and sandwich shops in Blount County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Blount County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #450 of 2,222 scored counties
#13 of 84 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
69
62 chain locations (90%)
Official establishments
90
All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$211.5M
On food away from home · $3,809 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
143,820
+6.0% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Blount County comes to about $211.5M a year: $3,809 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per shop, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Blount County has 69 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 90% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.4, 7% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Blount County in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 617 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. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Blount County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Blount County is 68 (upper middle), #450 of 2,222 scored counties and #13 of 84 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Blount 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Blount County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureBlount CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.415.113.3
Spending per listing$3.1M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)617492478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.9%+6.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,809$3,670$4,070
Median household income$77,365$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6834

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
79 → 90All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,493
Annual payroll, 2023
$46.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
16All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6962 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
69The 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 Blount 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 Blount County

Population, 2025 estimate
143,820+6.0% since 2020
Households
55,522
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
559 sq. mi.
People per square mile
249
Median household income
$77,365+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,400
Median home value
$320,500
Jobs located here
56,831
Daytime population
134,383Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Blount County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN88158.7$4.6M+7.7%#31 of 2,222
2Hickman County, TN8266.4$5.4M+5.0%#92 of 2,222
3Morgan County, TN7957.0$4.8M+5.3%#143 of 2,222
4Grainger County, TN7866.2$4.9M+9.2%#158 of 2,222
5Franklin County, TN77137.5$4.6M+6.4%#186 of 2,222
6Tipton County, TN75208.8$4.2M+2.0%#226 of 2,222
7Meigs County, TN7559.6$3.5M+10.8%#234 of 2,222
8Union County, TN7478.8$3.7M+8.1%#256 of 2,222
9Sumner County, TN7410112.9$3.2M+9.2%#264 of 2,222
10Williamson County, TN7112313.3$4M+9.0%#329 of 2,222
13Blount County, TN686912.4$3.1M+6.0%#450 of 2,222

Other business types in Blount County

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

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Blount County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 fast food and sandwich shops in Blount County. 62 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Blount County, TN spend on food away from home?

About $211.5M a year, or $3,809 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 55,522 households in Blount County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Blount County, TN compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Blount County has 12.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 617 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Blount County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Blount County at 143,820 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,522 households. Median household income in Blount County is $77,365, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. Blount County scores 68 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #450 of 2,222 scored counties.

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