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Restaurants and cafes in Grant County, AR
The restaurants and cafes in Grant County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #198 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 45
- 17 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.8M
- On food away from home · $3,560 a household
- Spending per listing
- $552K
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.5
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,756
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Grant County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #198 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 restaurants and cafes in Grant County. 17 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 64.5 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Grant County spend about $24.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,560 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 45 restaurants and cafes, that is $552K per restaurant, 49% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Grant County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 367 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Population estimates show Grant County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grant 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 | Grant County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.5 | 98.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $552K | $345K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 367 | 238 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,560 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,549 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 327
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4517 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Grant 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 Grant County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,756+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,978
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $71,549+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,620
- Median home value
- $161,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,120
- Daytime population
- 14,646Residents 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 |
Other business types in Grant County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants73
- Fast food and sandwich shops62
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Grant County, AR?
There are 45 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Grant County as of September 2026. 17 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grant County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $24.8M a year, or $3,560 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $552K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,978 households in Grant County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grant County, AR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Grant County has 64.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $552K, 49% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Grant County would have about 67, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 367 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Grant County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Grant County at 18,756 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,978 households. The median household income in Grant County is $71,549 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Grant County scores 77 for restaurants and cafes (high), #198 of 2,405 scored counties.
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