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Restaurants and cafes in Dyer County, TN
The restaurants and cafes in Dyer County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,095 of 2,405 scored counties
#84 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 150
- 63 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $48M
- On food away from home · $3,251 a household
- Spending per listing
- $320K
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.6
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,320
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Dyer County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,095 of 2,405 scored counties and #84 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Dyer County spend about $48M a year on food away from home, or $3,251 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $320K per restaurant, 14% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Dyer County has 150 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 101.6, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in Dyer County classed as restaurants and other eating places, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dyer County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dyer 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 restaurants and cafes 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 | Dyer County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.6 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $320K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 246 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,251 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,154 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 60 → 600.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,289
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 21Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15063 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 130The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Dyer 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 Dyer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,320−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 14,769
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 512 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $58,154+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,907
- Median home value
- $166,400
- Jobs located here
- 15,590
- Daytime population
- 36,284Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 91 | 96 | 55.8 | $719K | +7.7% | #19 of 2,405 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 84 | 133 | 58.4 | $623K | +7.0% | #69 of 2,405 |
| 3Loudon County, TN | 84 | 177 | 73.6 | $540K | +15.6% | #77 of 2,405 |
| 4Meigs County, TN | 81 | 25 | 47.8 | $694K | +10.8% | #115 of 2,405 |
| 5Hickman County, TN | 81 | 47 | 49.8 | $687K | +5.0% | #116 of 2,405 |
| 6Union County, TN | 80 | 38 | 47.9 | $689K | +8.1% | #130 of 2,405 |
| 7Cheatham County, TN | 80 | 114 | 70.0 | $567K | +4.1% | #138 of 2,405 |
| 8Grainger County, TN | 77 | 46 | 47.6 | $645K | +9.2% | #187 of 2,405 |
| 9Macon County, TN | 77 | 48 | 51.0 | $635K | +9.5% | #188 of 2,405 |
| 10Smith County, TN | 77 | 52 | 65.6 | $539K | +5.1% | #201 of 2,405 |
| 84Dyer County, TN | 28 | 150 | 101.6 | $320K | −1.1% | #2,095 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Dyer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops26
- Pizza23
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Dyer County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 150 restaurants and cafes in Dyer County. 63 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dyer County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $48M a year, or $3,251 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 150 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $320K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,769 households in Dyer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dyer County, TN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Dyer County has 101.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $320K, 14% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Dyer County would have about 130, against 150 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Dyer County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Dyer County at 36,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,769 households. Median household income in Dyer County is $58,154, 28% 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. Dyer County scores 28 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,095 of 2,405 scored counties.
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