Groceries and convenience · County · Tennessee
Grocery and convenience stores in Claiborne County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Claiborne County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #491 of 2,402 scored counties
#20 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 17
- 11 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $72.9M
- On groceries · $5,311 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,229
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 grocery and convenience stores in Claiborne County. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Claiborne County spend about $72.9M a year on groceries, or $5,311 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 27% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Claiborne County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,287 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Claiborne County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Claiborne County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #491 of 2,402 scored counties and #20 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Claiborne 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.
| Measure | Claiborne County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,287 | 1,612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,311 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,379 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 264
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1711 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Claiborne 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 Claiborne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,229+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,724
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $49,379+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,389
- Median home value
- $159,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,786
- Daytime population
- 28,737Residents 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 | 132 | 14.3 | $5.1M | +9.0% | #33 of 2,402 |
| 2Wilson County, TN | 87 | 94 | 15.9 | $4.1M | +17.8% | #82 of 2,402 |
| 3Fayette County, TN | 86 | 26 | 15.1 | $4.1M | +7.7% | #94 of 2,402 |
| 4Jefferson County, TN | 84 | 27 | 12.4 | $4.7M | +9.3% | #113 of 2,402 |
| 5Blount County, TN | 80 | 80 | 14.4 | $4.2M | +6.0% | #180 of 2,402 |
| 6Sumner County, TN | 80 | 142 | 18.1 | $3.5M | +9.2% | #190 of 2,402 |
| 7Roane County, TN | 79 | 35 | 15.4 | $3.8M | +7.0% | #207 of 2,402 |
| 8Sullivan County, TN | 78 | 83 | 12.0 | $4.7M | +3.5% | #218 of 2,402 |
| 9Rutherford County, TN | 78 | 222 | 17.2 | $3.7M | +12.6% | #229 of 2,402 |
| 10Loudon County, TN | 76 | 39 | 16.2 | $3.8M | +15.6% | #270 of 2,402 |
| 20Claiborne County, TN | 68 | 17 | 12.4 | $4.3M | +3.6% | #491 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Claiborne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores68
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores53
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Claiborne County, TN?
There are 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Claiborne County as of September 2026. 11 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Claiborne County, TN spend on groceries?
About $72.9M a year, or $5,311 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,724 households in Claiborne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Claiborne County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Claiborne County has 12.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.3M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Claiborne County would have about 22, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,287 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Claiborne County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Claiborne County at 33,229 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,724 households. Median household income in Claiborne County is $49,379, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.1%, 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. Claiborne County scores 68 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #491 of 2,402 scored counties.
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