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Fast food and sandwich shops in Loudon County, TN

How Loudon 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #379 of 2,222 scored counties
#11 of 84 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
34
31 chain locations (91%)
Official establishments
38
All limited-service restaurants · −5.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$95.6M
On food away from home · $3,972 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
63,764
+15.6% 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 34 fast food and sandwich shops in Loudon County. Of those, 31 are chain locations, or 91%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,972 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Loudon County spend about $95.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 38 businesses with payroll in Loudon County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 633 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Loudon County grew 15.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Loudon County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #379 of 2,222 scored counties and #11 of 84 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Loudon 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 Loudon County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLoudon CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.115.113.3
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)633492478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.0%+6.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.6%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,972$3,670$4,070
Median household income$84,185$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7034

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40 → 38All limited-service restaurants · −5.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
897
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3431 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
31The 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 Loudon 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 Loudon County

Population, 2025 estimate
63,764+15.6% since 2020
Households
24,056
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
229 sq. mi.
People per square mile
255
Median household income
$84,185+45.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,273
Median home value
$348,000
Jobs located here
16,766
Daytime population
51,578Residents 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 Loudon 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
11Loudon County, TN703414.1$2.8M+15.6%#379 of 2,222

Other business types in Loudon 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 Loudon County, TN?

Loudon County has 34 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.

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

About $95.6M a year, or $3,972 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 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 24,056 households in Loudon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Loudon County has 14.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 6% above 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, Loudon County would have about 31, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 633 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Loudon County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Loudon County at 63,764 people in 2025, up 15.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,056 households. The median household income in Loudon County is $84,185 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.0% 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. Loudon County scores 70 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #379 of 2,222 scored counties.

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