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Grocery and convenience stores in Loudon County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Loudon County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #270 of 2,402 scored counties
#10 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
39
20 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$149.6M
On groceries · $6,217 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.2
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
63,764
+15.6% 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

Household spending on groceries in Loudon County comes to about $149.6M a year: $6,217 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 39 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3.8M per store, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Loudon County has 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 51%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.2, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Loudon County in 2023. That is one for every 1,504 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Loudon County from 2020 to 2025 at +15.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Loudon County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #270 of 2,402 scored counties and #10 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Loudon 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 Loudon County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLoudon CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.219.618.7
Spending per listing$3.8M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,5041,6121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.6%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,217$5,923$6,319
Median household income$84,185$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7647

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 16
Employees, 2023
603
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3920 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
44The 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 Loudon 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 Loudon County

Population, 2025 estimate
63,764+15.6% since 2020
Households
24,056
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
229 sq. mi.
People per square mile
255
Median household income
$84,185+45.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,273
Median home value
$348,000
Jobs located here
16,766
Daytime population
51,578Residents 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 Loudon 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

Other business types in Loudon County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Loudon County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 grocery and convenience stores in Loudon County. 20 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $149.6M a year, or $6,217 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,056 households in Loudon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Loudon County has 16.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.8M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Loudon County would have about 44, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,504 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Loudon County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Loudon County at 63,764 people in 2025, up 15.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,056 households. The median household income in Loudon County is $84,185 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.0% 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. Loudon County scores 76 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #270 of 2,402 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Loudon County

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