Groceries and convenience · County · Tennessee
Grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,241 of 2,402 scored counties
#49 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 16
- 5 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.8M
- On groceries · $5,413 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,873
- +8.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County. 5 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 18.5 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in DeKalb County spend about $46.8M a year on groceries, or $5,413 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.9M per store, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in DeKalb County in 2023. That is one for every 1,236 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in DeKalb County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, DeKalb County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,241 of 2,402 scored counties and #49 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How DeKalb 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 | DeKalb County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,236 | 1,612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,413 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $53,153 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 113
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 165 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 DeKalb 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 DeKalb County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,873+8.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,652
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 304 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $53,153+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,610
- Median home value
- $235,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,262
- Daytime population
- 17,209Residents 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 |
| 49DeKalb County, TN | 49 | 16 | 18.5 | $2.9M | +8.4% | #1,241 of 2,402 |
Other business types in DeKalb County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores43
- Convenience stores61
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 DeKalb County, TN?
DeKalb County has 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in DeKalb County, TN spend on groceries?
About $46.8M a year, or $5,413 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,652 households in DeKalb County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeKalb County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
DeKalb County has 18.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.9M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, DeKalb County would have about 14, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,236 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is DeKalb County, TN growing?
Population estimates put DeKalb County at 21,873 people in 2025, up 8.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,652 households. Median household income in DeKalb County is $53,153, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.8%, 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. DeKalb County scores 49 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,241 of 2,402 scored counties.
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