Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Tennessee
Grocery and convenience stores in the Fayetteville, TN area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Fayetteville, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #201 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 33
- 9 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $85.2M
- On groceries · $5,737 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.2
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,853
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in the Fayetteville area comes to about $85.2M a year: $5,737 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Fayetteville area as of September 2026. 9 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 22.2 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Fayetteville area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,485 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Fayetteville area grew 4.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Fayetteville area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #201 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Fayetteville area 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 | Fayetteville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.2 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,485 | 1,612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,737 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $64,667 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 81
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 339 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 the Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,853+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 14,849
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 570 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 63
- Median household income
- $64,667
- Average household income
- $85,221
- Median home value
- $229,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,866
- Daytime population
- 30,502Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Fayetteville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crossville, TN | 75 | 47 | 16.7 | $3.3M | +8.0% | #39 of 538 |
| 2Lewisburg, TN | 69 | 28 | 20.6 | $2.9M | +10.5% | #90 of 538 |
| 3Athens, TN | 63 | 57 | 21.5 | $2.6M | +8.2% | #152 of 538 |
| 4Shelbyville, TN | 61 | 44 | 22.6 | $2.6M | +9.7% | #172 of 538 |
| 5McMinnville, TN | 61 | 36 | 22.2 | $2.5M | +6.5% | #174 of 538 |
| 6Winchester, TN | 60 | 34 | 19.5 | $2.9M | +6.4% | #178 of 538 |
| 7Fayetteville, TN | 58 | 33 | 22.2 | $2.6M | +4.3% | #201 of 538 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 52 | 66 | 23.2 | $2.4M | +5.0% | #272 of 538 |
| 9Cookeville, TN | 49 | 135 | 23.0 | $2.4M | +7.6% | #291 of 538 |
| 10Newport, TN | 49 | 34 | 21.9 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #292 of 538 |
Other business types in the Fayetteville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores58
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores59
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
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Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Fayetteville, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 grocery and convenience stores in the Fayetteville area. 9 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Fayetteville, TN area spend on groceries?
About $85.2M a year, or $5,737 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,849 households in the Fayetteville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fayetteville, TN area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Fayetteville area has 22.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Fayetteville area would have about 25, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,485 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fayetteville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Fayetteville area at 36,853 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,849 households. The median household income in the Fayetteville area is $64,667 a year, 20% below 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Fayetteville area scores 58 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #201 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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