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Grocery and convenience stores in Madison County, TN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,110 of 2,402 scored counties
#41 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
69
27 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
28
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$225.2M
On groceries · $5,609 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.2
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
100,790
+2.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 69 grocery and convenience stores in Madison County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.2, 8% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

At $5,609 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Madison County spend about $225.2M a year on groceries. That works out to $3.3M per store, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 28 businesses with payroll in Madison County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,434 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Madison County grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Madison County is 52 (upper middle), #1,110 of 2,402 scored counties and #41 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Madison 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 Madison County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMadison CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.219.618.7
Spending per listing$3.3M$3M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,4341,6121,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.6%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,609$5,923$6,319
Median household income$60,042$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5247

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 28
Employees, 2023
652
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
18Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6927 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The 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 Madison 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 Madison County

Population, 2025 estimate
100,790+2.0% since 2020
Households
40,153
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
557 sq. mi.
People per square mile
178
Median household income
$60,042+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,863
Median home value
$211,800
Jobs located here
61,474
Daytime population
118,262Residents 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 Madison 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
41Madison County, TN526917.2$3.3M+2.0%#1,110 of 2,402

Other business types in Madison County

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

Questions

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

Madison County has 69 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $225.2M a year, or $5,609 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,153 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Madison County has 17.2 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.3M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Madison County would have about 67, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,434 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Madison County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Madison County at 100,790 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,153 households. Median household income in Madison County is $60,042, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Madison County scores 52 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #1,110 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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