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Grocery and convenience stores in Giles County, TN
The grocery and convenience stores in Giles County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,575 of 2,402 scored counties
#64 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 39
- 9 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $69.5M
- On groceries · $5,761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.3
- 73% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,433
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Giles County comes to about $69.5M a year: $5,761 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 39 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.8M per store, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Giles County as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 23%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 32.3 per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Giles County in 2023. That is one for every 1,507 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 Giles County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Giles County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,575 of 2,402 scored counties and #64 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Giles 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 | Giles County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.3 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,507 | 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 | $5,761 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,307 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 399 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Giles 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 Giles County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,433+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,058
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 611 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $62,307+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,585
- Median home value
- $234,300
- Jobs located here
- 9,850
- Daytime population
- 27,442Residents 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 |
| 64Giles County, TN | 41 | 39 | 32.3 | $1.8M | +3.6% | #1,575 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Giles County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores41
- Grocery stores69
- Convenience stores35
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 Giles County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 grocery and convenience stores in Giles County. 9 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 8 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 Giles County, TN spend on groceries?
About $69.5M a year, or $5,761 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,058 households in Giles County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Giles County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Giles County has 32.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 73% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Giles County would have about 21, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,507 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Giles County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Giles County at 31,433 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,058 households. The median household income in Giles County is $62,307 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Giles County scores 41 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,575 of 2,402 scored counties.
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