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Sit-down restaurants in the Sevierville, TN area

How the Sevierville, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #505 of 538 scored small-town markets
#17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
534
168 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
186
+9.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$137.5M
On food away from home · $3,408 a household
Spending per listing
$258K
61% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
132.4
2.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
101,342
+2.5% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Sevierville area is 24 (low), #505 of 538 scored small-town markets and #17 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Household spending on food away from home in the Sevierville area comes to about $137.5M a year: $3,408 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $258K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

There are 534 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Sevierville area as of September 2026. 168 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 132.4 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 186 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Sevierville area in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 217 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Sevierville area. Population estimates put the population change in the Sevierville area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Sevierville 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Sevierville, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureSevierville areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households132.459.361.3
Spending per listing$258K$618K$664K
Households per official establishment217569500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.4%+4.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,408$3,670$4,070
Median household income$62,581$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score2449

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
186+9.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,203
Annual payroll, 2023
$228.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
27Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
534168 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
207The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Sevierville 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 Sevierville area

Population, 2025 estimate
101,342+2.5% since 2020
Households
40,344
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
593 sq. mi.
People per square mile
168
Median household income
$62,581+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,623
Median home value
$299,000
Jobs located here
50,989
Daytime population
105,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Sevierville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lewisburg, TN856144.8$812K+10.5%#8 of 538
2Athens, TN808933.6$997K+8.2%#18 of 538
3Fayetteville, TN775839.1$888K+4.3%#31 of 538
4Winchester, TN747442.4$804K+6.4%#51 of 538
5Crossville, TN7310537.2$864K+8.0%#57 of 538
6Lawrenceburg, TN706940.6$782K+6.2%#75 of 538
7Shelbyville, TN669247.2$740K+9.7%#105 of 538
8Greeneville, TN6411239.4$804K+5.0%#119 of 538
9McMinnville, TN597546.3$677K+6.5%#177 of 538
10Cookeville, TN5229950.9$633K+7.6%#250 of 538
17Sevierville, TN24534132.4$258K+2.5%#505 of 538

Other business types in the Sevierville area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in the Sevierville, TN area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 534 sit-down restaurants in the Sevierville area. 168 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 186 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Sevierville, TN area spend on food away from home?

About $137.5M a year, or $3,408 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 534 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $258K 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 40,344 households in the Sevierville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sevierville, TN area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

The Sevierville area has 132.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $258K, 61% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Sevierville area would have about 207, against 534 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 217 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Sevierville, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Sevierville area at 101,342 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,344 households. Median household income in the Sevierville area is $62,581, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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 Sevierville area scores 24 for sit-down restaurants (low), #505 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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