Groceries and convenience · County · Tennessee
Grocery and convenience stores in Overton County, TN
How Overton 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,083 of 2,402 scored counties
#84 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 28
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $48.9M
- On groceries · $5,396 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.9
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,787
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Overton County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #2,083 of 2,402 scored counties and #84 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 grocery and convenience stores in Overton County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 21%, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 30.9 for every 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Overton County spend about $48.9M a year on groceries, or $5,396 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Overton County in 2023. That is one for every 756 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Population estimates show Overton County grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Overton 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 | Overton County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.9 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 756 | 1,612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,396 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $48,959 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 170
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 286 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Overton 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 Overton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,787+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,071
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 434 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $48,959+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,701
- Median home value
- $173,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,691
- Daytime population
- 18,265Residents 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 |
| 84Overton County, TN | 26 | 28 | 30.9 | $1.7M | +5.3% | #2,083 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Overton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores26
- Grocery stores25
- 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 Overton County, TN?
There are 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Overton County as of September 2026. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Overton County, TN spend on groceries?
About $48.9M a year, or $5,396 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,071 households in Overton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Overton County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Overton County has 30.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.7M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Overton County would have about 14, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 756 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Overton County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Overton County at 23,787 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,071 households. Median household income in Overton County is $48,959, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Overton County scores 26 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #2,083 of 2,402 scored counties.
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