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Fast food and sandwich shops in Wayne County, TN
How Wayne 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 3 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $18.3M
- On food away from home · $3,061 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,416
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 fast food and sandwich shops in Wayne County. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $3,061 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Wayne County spend about $18.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, twice 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 3 businesses with payroll in Wayne County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,994 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.
Population estimates show Wayne County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Wayne County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wayne 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 | Wayne County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 15.1 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,994 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,061 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,294 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33 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 limited-service restaurants in Wayne 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 Wayne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,416+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 5,982
- Median age
- 44.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 734 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $52,294+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,516
- Median home value
- $130,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,044
- Daytime population
- 13,981Residents 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 |
| Wayne County, TN | Not scored | 3 | 5.0 | $6.1M | +1.2% |
Other business types in Wayne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes24
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Wayne County, TN?
Wayne County has 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 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. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
How much do households in Wayne County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $18.3M a year, or $3,061 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 5,982 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wayne County, TN compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Wayne County has 5.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $6.1M, twice the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Wayne County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,994 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Wayne County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Wayne County at 16,416 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,982 households. The median household income in Wayne County is $52,294 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Wayne County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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