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Gas stations in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for gas stations in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #61 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 887
- 758 chain locations (85%)
- Official establishments
- 783
- +1.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,058 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,197,416
- +8.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 887 gas stations in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area. Chain locations make up 85% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area comes to about $2.5B a year: $3,058 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per station, 20% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 783 businesses with payroll in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area classed as gasoline stations, up 1.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,059 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $6.9M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area.
Population estimates show the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area grew 8.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For gas stations, the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #61 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area 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 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 14.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.1M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,059 | 821 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.0% | −1.8% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,058 | $3,038 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $85,447 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 783+1.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,792
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $210.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 57Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 887758 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,063The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $6.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area, 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 the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,197,416+8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 829,134
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 6,302 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 330
- Median household income
- $85,447
- Average household income
- $117,563
- Median home value
- $409,600
- Jobs located here
- 1,132,736
- Daytime population
- 2,203,082Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 71 | 887 | 10.7 | $2.9M | +8.7% | #61 of 387 |
| 2Johnson City, TN | 60 | 107 | 12.0 | $2.5M | +4.3% | #128 of 387 |
| 3Clarksville, TN-KY | 59 | 161 | 12.9 | $2.3M | +8.5% | #135 of 387 |
| 4Knoxville, TN | 59 | 503 | 13.3 | $2.3M | +6.9% | #136 of 387 |
| 5Chattanooga, TN-GA | 49 | 318 | 13.7 | $2.2M | +5.3% | #204 of 387 |
| 6Cleveland, TN | 47 | 84 | 16.8 | $1.9M | +6.1% | #218 of 387 |
| 7Morristown, TN | 46 | 85 | 17.7 | $1.8M | +7.9% | #229 of 387 |
| 8Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 36 | 236 | 18.0 | $1.7M | +2.3% | #290 of 387 |
| 9Jackson, TN | 27 | 153 | 21.1 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #340 of 387 |
| 10Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 21 | 995 | 19.0 | $1.5M | −0.3% | #363 of 387 |
Other business types in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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Health care
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Questions
How many gas stations are in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area?
The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area has 887 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 758 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 783 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 1.0% from 2019. Official counts list 57 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $2.5B a year, or $3,058 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 887 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 829,134 households in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area has 10.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $2.9M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area would have about 1,063, against 887 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,059 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area at 2,197,416 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 829,134 households. The median household income in the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area is $85,447 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin metro area scores 71 for gas stations (upper middle), #61 of 387 scored metro areas.
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