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Restaurants and cafes in Yolo County, CA
The restaurants and cafes in Yolo County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,108 of 2,405 scored counties
#15 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 891
- 321 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 368
- +1.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $332.9M
- On food away from home · $4,341 a household
- Spending per listing
- $374K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 116.2
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,410
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 891 restaurants and cafes in Yolo County. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 116.2 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,341 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Yolo County spend about $332.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $374K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 368 businesses with payroll in Yolo County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 1.4% from 2019. That is one for every 208 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 50 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $9.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Yolo County.
Population estimates show Yolo County grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Yolo County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,108 of 2,405 scored counties and #15 of 55 scored counties in California.
How Yolo County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Yolo County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 116.2 | 128.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $374K | $355K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 208 | 170 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.4% | +3.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,341 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,752 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 363 → 368+1.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,399
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $163.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 50Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 891321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 898The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $9.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Yolo 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 Yolo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,410+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 76,693
- Median age
- 34.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,013 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 218
- Median household income
- $91,752+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,237
- Median home value
- $620,700
- Jobs located here
- 106,545
- Daytime population
- 233,348Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 86 | 179 | 62.5 | $606K | +8.2% | #52 of 2,405 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 70 | 209 | 101.6 | $482K | +8.6% | #405 of 2,405 |
| 3Contra Costa County, CA | 64 | 3,869 | 93.4 | $555K | +0.3% | #585 of 2,405 |
| 4San Joaquin County, CA | 62 | 2,489 | 101.5 | $423K | +5.5% | #685 of 2,405 |
| 5Merced County, CA | 60 | 729 | 84.7 | $418K | +5.1% | #766 of 2,405 |
| 6Placer County, CA | 60 | 1,914 | 121.2 | $405K | +8.9% | #769 of 2,405 |
| 7Solano County, CA | 59 | 1,544 | 98.0 | $460K | +0.6% | #791 of 2,405 |
| 8Riverside County, CA | 59 | 7,943 | 102.4 | $422K | +5.0% | #802 of 2,405 |
| 9Madera County, CA | 58 | 450 | 99.2 | $387K | +7.4% | #849 of 2,405 |
| 10Lassen County, CA | 56 | 67 | 72.5 | $483K | −13.1% | #903 of 2,405 |
| 15Yolo County, CA | 52 | 891 | 116.2 | $374K | +3.1% | #1,108 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Yolo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza61
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Yolo County, CA?
There are 891 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Yolo County as of September 2026. 321 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 368 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 1.4% from 2019. Another 50 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Yolo County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $332.9M a year, or $4,341 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 891 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $374K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 76,693 households in Yolo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Yolo County, CA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Yolo County has 116.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $374K, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Yolo County would have about 898, against 891 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 208 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Yolo County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Yolo County at 224,410 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,693 households. The median household income in Yolo County is $91,752 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Yolo County scores 52 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,108 of 2,405 scored counties.
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