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Grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County, TN

The grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #360 of 2,402 scored counties
#14 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
51
32 chain locations (63%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$191.2M
On groceries · $5,838 a household
Spending per listing
$3.7M
11% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
82,066
+6.1% 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 51 grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County. 32 of them (63%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 15.6 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Anderson County comes to about $191.2M a year: $5,838 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 1,927 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $90K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anderson County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Anderson County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #360 of 2,402 scored counties and #14 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Anderson County compares

The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureAnderson CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.619.618.7
Spending per listing$3.7M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,9271,6121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.1%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,838$5,923$6,319
Median household income$66,183$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7347

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 17
Employees, 2023
685
Annual payroll, 2023
$17.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
10Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5132 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$90K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anderson 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 Anderson County

Population, 2025 estimate
82,066+6.1% since 2020
Households
32,755
Median age
42.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
337 sq. mi.
People per square mile
235
Median household income
$66,183+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,830
Median home value
$239,400
Jobs located here
56,272
Daytime population
100,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Anderson County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN9213214.3$5.1M+9.0%#33 of 2,402
2Wilson County, TN879415.9$4.1M+17.8%#82 of 2,402
3Fayette County, TN862615.1$4.1M+7.7%#94 of 2,402
4Jefferson County, TN842712.4$4.7M+9.3%#113 of 2,402
5Blount County, TN808014.4$4.2M+6.0%#180 of 2,402
6Sumner County, TN8014218.1$3.5M+9.2%#190 of 2,402
7Roane County, TN793515.4$3.8M+7.0%#207 of 2,402
8Sullivan County, TN788312.0$4.7M+3.5%#218 of 2,402
9Rutherford County, TN7822217.2$3.7M+12.6%#229 of 2,402
10Loudon County, TN763916.2$3.8M+15.6%#270 of 2,402
14Anderson County, TN735115.6$3.7M+6.1%#360 of 2,402

Other business types in Anderson County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Anderson County, TN?

Anderson County has 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 32 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Anderson County, TN spend on groceries?

About $191.2M a year, or $5,838 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 32,755 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anderson County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Anderson County has 15.6 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.7M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Anderson County would have about 56, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,927 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Anderson County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Anderson County at 82,066 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,755 households. Median household income in Anderson County is $66,183, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.3%, 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. Anderson County scores 73 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #360 of 2,402 scored counties.

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