Groceries and convenience · County · Tennessee
Grocery stores in Lewis County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Lewis County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,369 of 2,070 scored counties
#55 of 75 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.4M
- On groceries · $5,459 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,487
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Lewis County comes to about $29.4M a year: $5,459 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.9M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Lewis County has 5 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 9.3 for every 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for supermarkets and grocery stores in Lewis County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Lewis County grew 7.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lewis County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #1,369 of 2,070 scored counties and #55 of 75 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Lewis 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.
| Measure | Lewis County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $8.4M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 2,622 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.3% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,459 | $5,923 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,285 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 supermarkets and grocery stores in Lewis 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 Lewis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,487+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 5,387
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 282 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $56,285+51.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,653
- Median home value
- $173,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,060
- Daytime population
- 10,974Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wilson County, TN | 90 | 31 | 5.2 | $12.5M | +17.8% | #56 of 2,070 |
| 2Blount County, TN | 86 | 19 | 3.4 | $17.8M | +6.0% | #92 of 2,070 |
| 3Fayette County, TN | 86 | 9 | 5.2 | $11.9M | +7.7% | #104 of 2,070 |
| 4Williamson County, TN | 83 | 53 | 5.7 | $12.8M | +9.0% | #138 of 2,070 |
| 5Jefferson County, TN | 81 | 10 | 4.6 | $12.6M | +9.3% | #171 of 2,070 |
| 6Loudon County, TN | 81 | 13 | 5.4 | $11.5M | +15.6% | #176 of 2,070 |
| 7Maury County, TN | 81 | 23 | 5.4 | $11.1M | +16.0% | #177 of 2,070 |
| 8Sumner County, TN | 77 | 52 | 6.6 | $9.6M | +9.2% | #261 of 2,070 |
| 9Rutherford County, TN | 75 | 83 | 6.4 | $9.8M | +12.6% | #305 of 2,070 |
| 10Sullivan County, TN | 74 | 31 | 4.5 | $12.5M | +3.5% | #316 of 2,070 |
| 55Lewis County, TN | 40 | 5 | 9.3 | $5.9M | +7.0% | #1,369 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Lewis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores37
- Grocery stores40
- Convenience stores39
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 stores are in Lewis County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 grocery stores in Lewis County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. No official count is published for supermarkets and grocery stores in Lewis County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lewis County, TN spend on groceries?
About $29.4M a year, or $5,459 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 5,387 households in Lewis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lewis County, TN compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Lewis County has 9.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $5.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Lewis County would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Lewis County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Lewis County at 13,487 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,387 households. The median household income in Lewis County is $56,285 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 51.0% 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. Lewis County scores 40 for grocery stores (lower middle), #1,369 of 2,070 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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