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Pizza places in Grainger County, TN

How Grainger County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #564 of 2,090 scored counties
#21 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
7
5 chain locations (71%)
Official establishments
4
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$29.7M
On food away from home · $3,071 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,739
+9.2% 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 7 pizza places in Grainger County. Chain locations make up 71% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.2 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Grainger County spend about $29.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,071 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per pizza place, 17% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Grainger County in 2023. That is one for every 2,415 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grainger County grew 9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Grainger County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #564 of 2,090 scored counties and #21 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Grainger County compares

The same measures for Tennessee and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pizza in Grainger County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureGrainger CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.27.28.0
Spending per listing$4.2M$5.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)2,415492478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,071$3,670$4,070
Median household income$50,538$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score6348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 4All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
67
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
75 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 limited-service restaurants in Grainger 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.

Population and households in Grainger County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,739+9.2% since 2020
Households
9,660
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$50,538+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,414
Median home value
$189,200
Jobs located here
4,105
Daytime population
19,042Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for pizza places, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Grainger County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN9074.1$9.9M+7.7%#12 of 2,090
2Loudon County, TN85135.4$7.4M+15.6%#38 of 2,090
3Sumner County, TN81496.2$6.6M+9.2%#67 of 2,090
4Bedford County, TN7973.6$9.7M+9.7%#92 of 2,090
5Franklin County, TN7874.0$8.5M+6.4%#113 of 2,090
6Marshall County, TN7775.1$7.1M+10.5%#131 of 2,090
7Cheatham County, TN77106.1$6.5M+4.1%#135 of 2,090
8Blount County, TN77335.9$6.4M+6.0%#137 of 2,090
9Tipton County, TN76125.3$6.9M+2.0%#154 of 2,090
10Williamson County, TN74687.4$7.2M+9.0%#185 of 2,090
21Grainger County, TN6377.2$4.2M+9.2%#564 of 2,090

Other business types in Grainger County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Grainger County, TN?

Grainger County has 7 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Grainger County, TN spend on food away from home?

About $29.7M a year, or $3,071 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,660 households in Grainger County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grainger County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Grainger County has 7.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Grainger County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,415 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Grainger County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Grainger County at 25,739 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,660 households. The median household income in Grainger County is $50,538 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.7% 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. Grainger County scores 63 for pizza places (upper middle), #564 of 2,090 scored counties.

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