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Grocery and convenience stores in Dickson County, TN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #816 of 2,402 scored counties
#27 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
52
23 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$131.6M
On groceries · $6,047 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.9
28% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
58,662
+7.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 grocery and convenience stores in Dickson County. 23 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.9, 28% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Households in Dickson County spend about $131.6M a year on groceries, or $6,047 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Dickson County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,554 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Dickson County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dickson County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Dickson County is 60 (upper middle), #816 of 2,402 scored counties and #27 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Dickson 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 Dickson County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureDickson CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.919.618.7
Spending per listing$2.5M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,5541,6121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.7%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,047$5,923$6,319
Median household income$75,003$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6047

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 14
Employees, 2023
322
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
20Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5223 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.9M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
58,662+7.7% since 2020
Households
21,757
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
490 sq. mi.
People per square mile
114
Median household income
$75,003+41.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,770
Median home value
$306,400
Jobs located here
18,582
Daytime population
47,503Residents 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 Dickson 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
27Dickson County, TN605223.9$2.5M+7.7%#816 of 2,402

Other business types in Dickson 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 Dickson County, TN?

There are 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Dickson County as of September 2026. 23 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $131.6M a year, or $6,047 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,757 households in Dickson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dickson County has 23.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Dickson County would have about 39, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,554 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Dickson County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Dickson County at 58,662 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,757 households. Median household income in Dickson County is $75,003, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.3%, 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. Dickson County scores 60 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #816 of 2,402 scored counties.

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