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Restaurants and cafes in Fentress County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Fentress County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #614 of 2,405 scored counties
#37 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 52
- 26 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.9M
- On food away from home · $2,802 a household
- Spending per listing
- $422K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 66.4
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,322
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Fentress County comes to about $21.9M a year: $2,802 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $422K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Fentress County has 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 66.4 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Fentress County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 435 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Fentress County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Fentress County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #614 of 2,405 scored counties and #37 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Fentress 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 | Fentress County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 66.4 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $422K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 435 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,802 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,149 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 296
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5226 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 Fentress 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 Fentress County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,322+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,831
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $51,149+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,981
- Median home value
- $168,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,781
- Daytime population
- 16,556Residents 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 |
| 37Fentress County, TN | 64 | 52 | 66.4 | $422K | +9.7% | #614 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Fentress County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes64
- Sit-down restaurants70
- Fast food and sandwich shops44
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Fentress County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 restaurants and cafes in Fentress County. 26 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fentress County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $21.9M a year, or $2,802 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $422K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,831 households in Fentress County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fentress County, TN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Fentress County has 66.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $422K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Fentress County would have about 59, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 435 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Fentress County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Fentress County at 20,322 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,831 households. Median household income in Fentress County is $51,149, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, 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. Fentress County scores 64 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #614 of 2,405 scored counties.
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