Grocery Stores in Tennessee

Grocery Stores (NAICS 4451) in Tennessee reports 55,018 workers across 1,752 establishments, with N/A of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 1.8% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Tennessee is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. Average payroll per employee data is partial for this state-industry combination; use the Compare to National Average panel below for the fields that are reported.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Grocery Stores is 2.8%, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Grocery Stores national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Tennessee overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).