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Gas stations in Madison County, TN
How Madison County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,965 of 2,358 scored counties
#82 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 93
- 76 chain locations (82%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $112.6M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,804 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.2
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 100,790
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Madison County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for gas stations, ranking #1,965 of 2,358 scored counties and #82 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Madison County comes to about $112.6M a year: $2,804 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each station on map listings, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 93 gas stations on map listings in Madison County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 82% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That is 23.2 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 10.9.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Madison County was 63 in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 637 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.5M has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Madison County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Madison County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Madison County compares
The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Madison County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.2 | 14.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 637 | 821 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | −1.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,804 | $3,038 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $60,042 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 70 → 63−10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 498
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9376 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Madison 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.
Population and households in Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 100,790+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 40,153
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 178
- Median household income
- $60,042+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,863
- Median home value
- $211,800
- Jobs located here
- 61,474
- Daytime population
- 118,262Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williamson County, TN | 92 | 74 | 8.0 | $4.2M | +9.0% | #15 of 2,358 |
| 2Bledsoe County, TN | 85 | 6 | 12.4 | $2.8M | +6.5% | #78 of 2,358 |
| 3Rutherford County, TN | 84 | 133 | 10.3 | $3.1M | +12.6% | #87 of 2,358 |
| 4Montgomery County, TN | 83 | 86 | 9.8 | $3.2M | +13.0% | #96 of 2,358 |
| 5Wilson County, TN | 83 | 67 | 11.3 | $2.9M | +17.8% | #98 of 2,358 |
| 6Hickman County, TN | 83 | 12 | 12.7 | $2.8M | +5.0% | #100 of 2,358 |
| 7Macon County, TN | 82 | 12 | 12.7 | $2.8M | +9.5% | #118 of 2,358 |
| 8Sumner County, TN | 80 | 99 | 12.6 | $2.6M | +9.2% | #154 of 2,358 |
| 9Smith County, TN | 79 | 10 | 12.6 | $2.8M | +5.1% | #175 of 2,358 |
| 10Loudon County, TN | 78 | 33 | 13.7 | $2.6M | +15.6% | #201 of 2,358 |
| 82Madison County, TN | 30 | 93 | 23.2 | $1.2M | +2.0% | #1,965 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Madison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many gas stations are in Madison County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 93 gas stations in Madison County. 76 of them (82%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Madison County, TN spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $112.6M a year, or $2,804 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,153 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, TN compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Madison County has 23.2 gas stations per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.2M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Madison County would have about 47, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 637 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Madison County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 100,790 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,153 households. Median household income in Madison County is $60,042, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Madison County scores 30 for gas stations (lower middle), #1,965 of 2,358 scored counties.
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