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Fast food and sandwich shops in Lauderdale County, TN

How Lauderdale County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,261 of 2,222 scored counties
#45 of 84 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
10
10 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
8
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$28.2M
On food away from home · $3,021 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.7
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,617
−2.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 fast food and sandwich shops in Lauderdale County. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 20% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Households in Lauderdale County spend about $28.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,021 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.8M per shop, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Lauderdale County in 2023. That is one for every 1,166 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lauderdale County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Lauderdale County is 47 (lower middle), #1,261 of 2,222 scored counties and #45 of 84 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLauderdale CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.715.113.3
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,166492478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,021$3,670$4,070
Median household income$49,879$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4734

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
219
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1010 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,617−2.0% since 2020
Households
9,325
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$49,879+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,819
Median home value
$143,200
Jobs located here
6,626
Daytime population
21,291Residents 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 Lauderdale 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
45Lauderdale County, TN471010.7$2.8M−2.0%#1,261 of 2,222

Other business types in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, TN?

Lauderdale County has 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $28.2M a year, or $3,021 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,325 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lauderdale County has 10.7 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,166 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Lauderdale County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 24,617 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,325 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $49,879 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Lauderdale County scores 47 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,261 of 2,222 scored counties.

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