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Restaurants and cafes in Ouray County, CO
How Ouray County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 60
- 3 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- −12.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On food away from home · $4,111 a household
- Spending per listing
- $180K
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 228.7
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,265
- +7.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,111 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Ouray County spend about $10.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $180K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 52% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 60 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Ouray County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 228.7, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Ouray County was 27 in 2023, down 12.9% from 2019. That is one for every 97 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Ouray County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Ouray County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Ouray County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 228.7 | 113.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $180K | $391K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 97 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.9% | +5.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,111 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,020 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31 → 27−12.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 300
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 603 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 Ouray 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 Ouray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,265+7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 2,623
- Median age
- 55.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $91,020
- Average household income
- $107,727
- Median home value
- $739,800
- Jobs located here
- 2,043
- Daytime population
- 4,845Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 97 | 49 | 49.0 | $1.1M | +16.5% | #2 of 2,405 |
| 2Park County, CO | 89 | 69 | 76.8 | $578K | +5.1% | #33 of 2,405 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 84 | 984 | 79.2 | $546K | +14.2% | #76 of 2,405 |
| 4Douglas County, CO | 83 | 1,125 | 80.4 | $698K | +10.9% | #82 of 2,405 |
| 5Broomfield County, CO | 74 | 270 | 85.0 | $602K | +6.3% | #257 of 2,405 |
| 6Adams County, CO | 74 | 1,691 | 89.6 | $483K | +6.6% | #272 of 2,405 |
| 7Arapahoe County, CO | 62 | 2,493 | 96.9 | $472K | +2.8% | #671 of 2,405 |
| 8Jefferson County, CO | 61 | 2,240 | 92.7 | $516K | −0.5% | #707 of 2,405 |
| 9El Paso County, CO | 61 | 2,957 | 101.9 | $418K | +3.2% | #723 of 2,405 |
| 10Mesa County, CO | 59 | 630 | 95.7 | $391K | +4.4% | #811 of 2,405 |
| Ouray County, CO | Not scored | 60 | 228.7 | $180K | +7.9% |
Other business types in Ouray County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Ouray County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 60 restaurants and cafes in Ouray County. 3 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 12.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ouray County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $10.8M a year, or $4,111 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $180K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,623 households in Ouray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouray County, CO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Ouray County has 228.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $180K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Ouray County would have about 29, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 97 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Ouray County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Ouray County at 5,265 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,623 households. Median household income in Ouray County is $91,020, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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