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Grocery stores in Lauderdale County, TN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,626 of 2,070 scored counties
#66 of 75 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49.3M
On groceries · $5,289 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,617
−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

The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Lauderdale County is 31 (lower middle), #1,626 of 2,070 scored counties and #66 of 75 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $5,289 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Lauderdale County spend about $49.3M a year on groceries. Spread across 9 grocery stores, that is $5.5M per store, 41% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.

Lauderdale County has 9 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 33%, against 37% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Lauderdale County in 2023. That is one for every 3,108 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $543K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Lauderdale County. Population estimates put the population change in Lauderdale County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Lauderdale 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 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 stores in Lauderdale County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLauderdale CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.77.16.8
Spending per listing$5.5M$8.4M$9.3M
Households per official establishment3,1082,6222,053
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.3%0.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,289$5,923$6,319
Median household income$49,879$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3150

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
86
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$543K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,617−2.0% since 2020
Households
9,325
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$49,879+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,819
Median home value
$143,200
Jobs located here
6,626
Daytime population
21,291Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery stores across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for grocery stores, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Lauderdale County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for grocery stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wilson County, TN90315.2$12.5M+17.8%#56 of 2,070
2Blount County, TN86193.4$17.8M+6.0%#92 of 2,070
3Fayette County, TN8695.2$11.9M+7.7%#104 of 2,070
4Williamson County, TN83535.7$12.8M+9.0%#138 of 2,070
5Jefferson County, TN81104.6$12.6M+9.3%#171 of 2,070
6Loudon County, TN81135.4$11.5M+15.6%#176 of 2,070
7Maury County, TN81235.4$11.1M+16.0%#177 of 2,070
8Sumner County, TN77526.6$9.6M+9.2%#261 of 2,070
9Rutherford County, TN75836.4$9.8M+12.6%#305 of 2,070
10Sullivan County, TN74314.5$12.5M+3.5%#316 of 2,070
66Lauderdale County, TN3199.7$5.5M−2.0%#1,626 of 2,070

Other business types in Lauderdale County

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

Questions

How many grocery stores are in Lauderdale County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 grocery stores in Lauderdale County. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.

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

About $49.3M a year, or $5,289 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.5M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,325 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lauderdale County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?

Lauderdale County has 9.7 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.5M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,108 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.

How fast is Lauderdale County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 24,617 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,325 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $49,879 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Lauderdale County scores 31 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,626 of 2,070 scored counties.

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