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Sit-down restaurants in McNairy County, TN
How McNairy County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,263 of 2,405 scored counties
#64 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 40
- 15 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.9M
- On food away from home · $3,107 a household
- Spending per listing
- $772K
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 40.2
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,236
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 sit-down restaurants in McNairy County. 15 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 40.2 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in McNairy County comes to about $30.9M a year: $3,107 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 sit-down restaurants, that is $772K per restaurant, 16% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in McNairy County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 663 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McNairy County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, McNairy County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,263 of 2,405 scored counties and #64 of 87 scored counties in Tennessee.
How McNairy 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 | McNairy County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 40.2 | 59.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $772K | $618K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 663 | 569 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,107 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,473 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 187
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4015 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The 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 McNairy 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 McNairy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,236+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,939
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $53,473+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,996
- Median home value
- $161,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,473
- Daytime population
- 21,102Residents 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 |
| 64McNairy County, TN | 48 | 40 | 40.2 | $772K | +1.4% | #1,263 of 2,405 |
Other business types in McNairy County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Child care
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in McNairy County, TN?
There are 40 sit-down restaurants on map listings in McNairy County as of September 2026. 15 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McNairy County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $30.9M a year, or $3,107 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $772K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,939 households in McNairy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McNairy County, TN compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
McNairy County has 40.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $772K, 16% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, McNairy County would have about 47, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 663 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is McNairy County, TN growing?
Population estimates put McNairy County at 26,236 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,939 households. The median household income in McNairy County is $53,473 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.6% 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. McNairy County scores 48 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,263 of 2,405 scored counties.
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