Food and drink · Small-town market · Tennessee
Restaurants and cafes in the Winchester, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Winchester, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #22 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 125
- 38 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- +12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $59.5M
- On food away from home · $3,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $476K
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 71.7
- 35% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,579
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Winchester area is 82 (high), #22 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for restaurants and cafes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 125 restaurants and cafes in the Winchester area. 38 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 71.7, 35% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,410 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Winchester area spend about $59.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $476K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 28% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Winchester area was 54 in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 323 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $585K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Winchester area. Population estimates put the population change in the Winchester area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Winchester area 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 | Winchester area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 71.7 | 102.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $476K | $357K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 323 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.5% | +9.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,410 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,494 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54+12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 814
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12538 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 160The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $585K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Winchester area, 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 the Winchester area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,579+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,445
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $63,494
- Average household income
- $81,726
- Median home value
- $236,900
- Jobs located here
- 10,501
- Daytime population
- 36,269Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Winchester area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewisburg, TN | 89 | 104 | 76.3 | $476K | +10.5% | #5 of 538 |
| 2Fayetteville, TN | 84 | 107 | 72.1 | $481K | +4.3% | #17 of 538 |
| 3Winchester, TN | 82 | 125 | 71.7 | $476K | +6.4% | #22 of 538 |
| 4Athens, TN | 80 | 179 | 67.7 | $495K | +8.2% | #28 of 538 |
| 5Crossville, TN | 78 | 198 | 70.2 | $458K | +8.0% | #36 of 538 |
| 6Shelbyville, TN | 78 | 163 | 83.6 | $417K | +9.7% | #38 of 538 |
| 7Lawrenceburg, TN | 68 | 137 | 80.6 | $394K | +6.2% | #96 of 538 |
| 8McMinnville, TN | 66 | 129 | 79.6 | $394K | +6.5% | #114 of 538 |
| 9Greeneville, TN | 64 | 211 | 74.3 | $427K | +5.0% | #131 of 538 |
| 10Newport, TN | 57 | 134 | 86.4 | $336K | +5.1% | #194 of 538 |
Other business types in the Winchester area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes82
- Sit-down restaurants74
- Fast food and sandwich shops84
- Pizza85
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Winchester, TN area?
The Winchester area has 125 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 38 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Winchester, TN area spend on food away from home?
About $59.5M a year, or $3,410 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $476K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,445 households in the Winchester area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Winchester, TN area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Winchester area has 71.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $476K, 28% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Winchester area would have about 160, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 323 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Winchester, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Winchester area at 45,579 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,445 households. The median household income in the Winchester area is $63,494 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Winchester area scores 82 for restaurants and cafes (high), #22 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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