Food and drink · Small-town market · Tennessee
Sit-down restaurants in the Paris, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Paris, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #405 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 71
- 20 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $41M
- On food away from home · $3,047 a household
- Spending per listing
- $577K
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.8
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 32,896
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, the Paris area has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #405 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Paris area spend about $41M a year on food away from home, or $3,047 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $577K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 71 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Paris area as of September 2026. 20 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 52.8 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Paris area was 24 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 561 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paris area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Paris 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 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 | Paris area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.8 | 59.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $577K | $618K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 561 | 569 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +4.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,047 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,613 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 240.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 387
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The 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 the Paris 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 Paris area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 32,896+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,452
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 562 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $50,613+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,597
- Median home value
- $160,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,204
- Daytime population
- 30,134Residents 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 sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Paris area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewisburg, TN | 85 | 61 | 44.8 | $812K | +10.5% | #8 of 538 |
| 2Athens, TN | 80 | 89 | 33.6 | $997K | +8.2% | #18 of 538 |
| 3Fayetteville, TN | 77 | 58 | 39.1 | $888K | +4.3% | #31 of 538 |
| 4Winchester, TN | 74 | 74 | 42.4 | $804K | +6.4% | #51 of 538 |
| 5Crossville, TN | 73 | 105 | 37.2 | $864K | +8.0% | #57 of 538 |
| 6Lawrenceburg, TN | 70 | 69 | 40.6 | $782K | +6.2% | #75 of 538 |
| 7Shelbyville, TN | 66 | 92 | 47.2 | $740K | +9.7% | #105 of 538 |
| 8Greeneville, TN | 64 | 112 | 39.4 | $804K | +5.0% | #119 of 538 |
| 9McMinnville, TN | 59 | 75 | 46.3 | $677K | +6.5% | #177 of 538 |
| 10Cookeville, TN | 52 | 299 | 50.9 | $633K | +7.6% | #250 of 538 |
| 14Paris, TN | 37 | 71 | 52.8 | $577K | +2.3% | #405 of 538 |
Other business types in the Paris area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes38
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza32
- Coffee shops and cafes55
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Paris, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 71 sit-down restaurants in the Paris area. 20 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Paris, TN area spend on food away from home?
About $41M a year, or $3,047 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $577K 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 13,452 households in the Paris area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paris, TN area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Paris area has 52.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $577K, 13% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Paris area would have about 62, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 561 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Paris, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Paris area at 32,896 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,452 households. Median household income in the Paris area is $50,613, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. 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 Paris area scores 37 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #405 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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