Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Tennessee
Grocery and convenience stores in the Paris, TN area
How the Paris, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #356 of 538 scored small-town markets
#13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 33
- 9 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $72M
- On groceries · $5,349 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.5
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,896
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 grocery and convenience stores in the Paris area. 9 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 24.5 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,349 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Paris area spend about $72M a year on groceries. That works out to $2.2M per store, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Paris area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paris area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, the Paris area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #356 of 538 scored small-town markets and #13 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Paris area 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 | Paris area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.5 | 19.6 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,682 | 1,612 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,349 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $50,613 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 147
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 339 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 the Paris area, 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 the Paris area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,896+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,452
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 562 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $50,613+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,597
- Median home value
- $160,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,204
- Daytime population
- 30,134Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Paris area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crossville, TN | 75 | 47 | 16.7 | $3.3M | +8.0% | #39 of 538 |
| 2Lewisburg, TN | 69 | 28 | 20.6 | $2.9M | +10.5% | #90 of 538 |
| 3Athens, TN | 63 | 57 | 21.5 | $2.6M | +8.2% | #152 of 538 |
| 4Shelbyville, TN | 61 | 44 | 22.6 | $2.6M | +9.7% | #172 of 538 |
| 5McMinnville, TN | 61 | 36 | 22.2 | $2.5M | +6.5% | #174 of 538 |
| 6Winchester, TN | 60 | 34 | 19.5 | $2.9M | +6.4% | #178 of 538 |
| 7Fayetteville, TN | 58 | 33 | 22.2 | $2.6M | +4.3% | #201 of 538 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 52 | 66 | 23.2 | $2.4M | +5.0% | #272 of 538 |
| 9Cookeville, TN | 49 | 135 | 23.0 | $2.4M | +7.6% | #291 of 538 |
| 10Newport, TN | 49 | 34 | 21.9 | $2.4M | +5.1% | #292 of 538 |
| 13Paris, TN | 43 | 33 | 24.5 | $2.2M | +2.3% | #356 of 538 |
Other business types in the Paris area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores43
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores45
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 the Paris, TN area?
There are 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Paris area as of September 2026. 9 of them (27%) 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.
How much do households in the Paris, TN area spend on groceries?
About $72M a year, or $5,349 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,452 households in the Paris area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paris, TN area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Paris area has 24.5 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.2M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Paris area would have about 21, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Paris, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Paris area at 32,896 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,452 households. Median household income in the Paris area is $50,613, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Paris area scores 43 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #356 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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