Groceries and convenience · County · Tennessee
Grocery and convenience stores in Greene County, TN
How Greene County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,298 of 2,402 scored counties
#53 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 66
- 30 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $155.3M
- On groceries · $5,469 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.2
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 73,831
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Greene County spend about $155.3M a year on groceries, or $5,469 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 66 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Greene County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.2, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Greene County in 2023. That is one for every 1,671 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Greene County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Greene County is 48 (lower middle), #1,298 of 2,402 scored counties and #53 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Greene 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 | Greene County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.2 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,671 | 1,612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,469 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,194 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 894
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6630 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 Greene 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 Greene County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 73,831+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 28,400
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 622 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $56,194+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,662
- Median home value
- $207,500
- Jobs located here
- 24,988
- Daytime population
- 68,418Residents 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 |
| 53Greene County, TN | 48 | 66 | 23.2 | $2.4M | +5.0% | #1,298 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Greene County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores44
- Convenience stores47
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 Greene County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 66 grocery and convenience stores in Greene County. 30 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Greene County, TN spend on groceries?
About $155.3M a year, or $5,469 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,400 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greene County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Greene County has 23.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.4M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Greene County would have about 46, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,671 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Greene County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Greene County at 73,831 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,400 households. The median household income in Greene County is $56,194 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Greene County scores 48 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,298 of 2,402 scored counties.
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