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Restaurants and cafes in Giles County, TN
The restaurants and cafes in Giles County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,075 of 2,405 scored counties
#56 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 122
- 39 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- −4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $42.2M
- On food away from home · $3,500 a household
- Spending per listing
- $346K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.2
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,433
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 122 restaurants and cafes in Giles County. Of those, 39 are chain locations, or 32%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 101.2 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,500 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Giles County spend about $42.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $346K per restaurant, 7% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in Giles County classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 301 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Giles County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Giles County is 53 (upper middle), #1,075 of 2,405 scored counties and #56 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Giles 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 | Giles County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.2 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $346K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 301 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.8% | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,500 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,307 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42 → 40−4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 702
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12239 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 114The 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 Giles 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 Giles County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,433+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,058
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 611 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $62,307+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,585
- Median home value
- $234,300
- Jobs located here
- 9,850
- Daytime population
- 27,442Residents 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 |
| 56Giles County, TN | 53 | 122 | 101.2 | $346K | +3.6% | #1,075 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Giles County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops74
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Giles County, TN?
There are 122 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Giles County as of September 2026. 39 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Giles County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $42.2M a year, or $3,500 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $346K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,058 households in Giles County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Giles County, TN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Giles County has 101.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $346K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Giles County would have about 114, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 301 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Giles County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Giles County at 31,433 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,058 households. The median household income in Giles County is $62,307 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Giles County scores 53 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,075 of 2,405 scored counties.
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