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Restaurants and cafes in Yavapai County, AZ
How Yavapai County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #890 of 2,405 scored counties
#8 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 1,060
- 308 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 451
- +14.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $405.8M
- On food away from home · $3,650 a household
- Spending per listing
- $383K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 95.4
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 252,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,060 restaurants and cafes in Yavapai County. Of those, 308 are chain locations, or 29%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 95.4, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Yavapai County comes to about $405.8M a year: $3,650 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $383K per restaurant, 3% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Yavapai County was 451 in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019. That is one for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 80 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $29.7M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Yavapai County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Yavapai County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Yavapai County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #890 of 2,405 scored counties and #8 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Yavapai County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | Yavapai County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 95.4 | 95.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $383K | $415K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 246 | 239 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.5% | +11.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,650 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,613 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 79 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 394 → 451+14.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,703
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $202.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 80Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,060308 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,094The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $29.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Yavapai 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 Yavapai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 252,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 111,157
- Median age
- 52.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,123 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $69,613+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,313
- Median home value
- $425,200
- Jobs located here
- 67,568
- Daytime population
- 218,945Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Yavapai County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 92 | 831 | 51.3 | $753K | +25.4% | #13 of 2,405 |
| 2Graham County, AZ | 65 | 82 | 64.3 | $542K | +4.0% | #541 of 2,405 |
| 3Pima County, AZ | 63 | 3,686 | 84.2 | $442K | +2.8% | #637 of 2,405 |
| 4Mohave County, AZ | 62 | 795 | 78.0 | $422K | +6.5% | #686 of 2,405 |
| 5Maricopa County, AZ | 61 | 17,834 | 103.0 | $411K | +5.5% | #725 of 2,405 |
| 6Yuma County, AZ | 61 | 680 | 85.7 | $391K | +9.2% | #731 of 2,405 |
| 7Apache County, AZ | 60 | 105 | 49.8 | $578K | −2.2% | #742 of 2,405 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 57 | 1,060 | 95.4 | $383K | +6.5% | #890 of 2,405 |
| 9Cochise County, AZ | 39 | 532 | 104.4 | $320K | +0.6% | #1,670 of 2,405 |
| 10Navajo County, AZ | 38 | 363 | 90.6 | $345K | +3.0% | #1,700 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Yavapai County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops74
- Pizza77
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops65
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Yavapai County, AZ?
There are 1,060 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Yavapai County as of September 2026. 308 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 451 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019. Official counts list 80 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Yavapai County, AZ spend on food away from home?
About $405.8M a year, or $3,650 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,060 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $383K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,157 households in Yavapai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yavapai County, AZ compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Yavapai County has 95.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $383K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Yavapai County would have about 1,094, against 1,060 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 246 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Yavapai County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Yavapai County at 252,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,157 households. The median household income in Yavapai County is $69,613 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. Yavapai County scores 57 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #890 of 2,405 scored counties.
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