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Restaurants and cafes in Faulkner County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Faulkner County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,065 of 2,405 scored counties
#14 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 461
- 237 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 218
- +9.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $176M
- On food away from home · $3,569 a household
- Spending per listing
- $382K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 93.5
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 133,979
- +8.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Faulkner County comes to about $176M a year: $3,569 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $382K per restaurant, 3% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 461 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Faulkner County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 93.5 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 218 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Faulkner County in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019. That is one for every 226 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 49 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Faulkner County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Faulkner County grew 8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Faulkner County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,065 of 2,405 scored counties and #14 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Faulkner County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Faulkner County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 93.5 | 98.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $382K | $345K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 226 | 238 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.6% | +8.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,569 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,289 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 199 → 218+9.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,674
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $93.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 49Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 461237 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 475The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Faulkner 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 Faulkner County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 133,979+8.2% since 2020
- Households
- 49,309
- Median age
- 35.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 647 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $67,289+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,861
- Median home value
- $232,700
- Jobs located here
- 44,769
- Daytime population
- 117,154Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 80 | 35 | 54.2 | $594K | +11.2% | #135 of 2,405 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 79 | 347 | 69.1 | $549K | +7.6% | #153 of 2,405 |
| 3Perry County, AR | 78 | 15 | 36.6 | $895K | +3.1% | #164 of 2,405 |
| 4Grant County, AR | 77 | 45 | 64.5 | $552K | +4.1% | #198 of 2,405 |
| 5Marion County, AR | 73 | 34 | 44.4 | $663K | +4.3% | #286 of 2,405 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 72 | 214 | 74.9 | $486K | +3.5% | #349 of 2,405 |
| 7Fulton County, AR | 71 | 22 | 46.2 | $606K | +3.7% | #362 of 2,405 |
| 8Hot Spring County, AR | 65 | 67 | 54.4 | $577K | +1.1% | #536 of 2,405 |
| 9Benton County, AR | 65 | 1,238 | 110.6 | $391K | +16.0% | #579 of 2,405 |
| 10Logan County, AR | 63 | 61 | 71.6 | $460K | +2.5% | #631 of 2,405 |
| 14Faulkner County, AR | 53 | 461 | 93.5 | $382K | +8.2% | #1,065 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Faulkner County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops44
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes47
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Faulkner County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 461 restaurants and cafes in Faulkner County. 237 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 218 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019. Another 49 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Faulkner County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $176M a year, or $3,569 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 461 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $382K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,309 households in Faulkner County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Faulkner County, AR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Faulkner County has 93.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $382K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Faulkner County would have about 475, against 461 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 226 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Faulkner County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Faulkner County at 133,979 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,309 households. Median household income in Faulkner County is $67,289, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Faulkner County scores 53 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,065 of 2,405 scored counties.
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