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Sit-down restaurants in Fayette County, TN
The sit-down restaurants in Fayette County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 90 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #23 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 58
- 19 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $69M
- On food away from home · $4,011 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 79% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.7
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,071
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 90 (very high): #23 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Household spending on food away from home in Fayette County comes to about $69M a year: $4,011 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 58 sit-down restaurants, that is $1.2M per restaurant, 79% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 58 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.7, 45% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Fayette County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,229 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Fayette County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fayette 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Fayette County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.7 | 59.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $618K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,229 | 569 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,011 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $88,456 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 90 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 162
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5819 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The 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 full-service restaurants in Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,071+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 17,210
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $88,456+45.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,294
- Median home value
- $340,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,545
- Daytime population
- 31,789Residents 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 | 90 | 58 | 33.7 | $1.2M | +7.7% | #23 of 2,405 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 85 | 70 | 30.7 | $1.2M | +7.0% | #61 of 2,405 |
| 3Loudon County, TN | 84 | 100 | 41.6 | $956K | +15.6% | #79 of 2,405 |
| 4Blount County, TN | 79 | 215 | 38.7 | $984K | +6.0% | #149 of 2,405 |
| 5Union County, TN | 78 | 24 | 30.3 | $1.1M | +8.1% | #161 of 2,405 |
| 6Cheatham County, TN | 78 | 65 | 39.9 | $995K | +4.1% | #169 of 2,405 |
| 7Wilson County, TN | 78 | 319 | 53.9 | $801K | +17.8% | #181 of 2,405 |
| 8Marshall County, TN | 76 | 61 | 44.8 | $812K | +10.5% | #229 of 2,405 |
| 9Hickman County, TN | 75 | 28 | 29.7 | $1.2M | +5.0% | #234 of 2,405 |
| 10Jefferson County, TN | 75 | 78 | 35.8 | $969K | +9.3% | #246 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Fayette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes91
- Sit-down restaurants90
- Fast food and sandwich shops88
- Pizza90
- Coffee shops and cafes92
- Bakeries and dessert shops93
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
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Home services
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Fayette County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 58 sit-down restaurants in Fayette County. 19 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fayette County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $69M a year, or $4,011 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,210 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, TN compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Fayette County has 33.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.2M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Fayette County would have about 104, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,229 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 45,071 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,210 households. Median household income in Fayette County is $88,456, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 45.7%, 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. Fayette County scores 90 for sit-down restaurants (very high), #23 of 2,405 scored counties.
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