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Restaurants and cafes in Greene County, TN
How Greene County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,002 of 2,405 scored counties
#53 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 211
- 106 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 112
- +24.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $90M
- On food away from home · $3,169 a household
- Spending per listing
- $427K
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 74.3
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 73,831
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 211 restaurants and cafes in Greene County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 74.3 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,169 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Greene County spend about $90M a year on food away from home. That works out to $427K per restaurant, 15% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 112 businesses with payroll in Greene County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 24.4% from 2019. That is one for every 254 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $280K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Greene County.
Population estimates put the population change in Greene County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Greene County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,002 of 2,405 scored counties and #53 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Greene 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 | Greene County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 74.3 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $427K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 254 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.4% | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,169 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,194 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 90 → 112+24.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,076
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 211106 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 243The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $280K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Greene 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 Greene County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 73,831+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 28,400
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 622 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $56,194+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,662
- Median home value
- $207,500
- Jobs located here
- 24,988
- Daytime population
- 68,418Residents 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 |
| 53Greene County, TN | 54 | 211 | 74.3 | $427K | +5.0% | #1,002 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Greene County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops30
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes64
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Greene County, TN?
There are 211 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Greene County as of September 2026. 106 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 112 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 24.4% from 2019. Another 31 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Greene County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $90M a year, or $3,169 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 211 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $427K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,400 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greene County, TN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Greene County has 74.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $427K, 15% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Greene County would have about 243, against 211 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 254 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Greene County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Greene County at 73,831 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,400 households. The median household income in Greene County is $56,194 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Greene County scores 54 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,002 of 2,405 scored counties.
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