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Restaurants and cafes in San Miguel County, CO
The restaurants and cafes in San Miguel County, CO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 111
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- −2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $19.5M
- On food away from home · $4,229 a household
- Spending per listing
- $175K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 241.1
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,753
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 111 restaurants and cafes in San Miguel County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 3%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 241.1 for every 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in San Miguel County comes to about $19.5M a year: $4,229 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $175K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 53% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in San Miguel County in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 96 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of San Miguel County declined 3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How San Miguel 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 | San Miguel County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 241.1 | 113.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $175K | $391K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 96 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.0% | +5.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,229 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,024 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 49 → 48−2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,006
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The 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 San Miguel 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 San Miguel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,753−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 4,604
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,287 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $79,024
- Average household income
- $141,798
- Median home value
- $720,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,337
- Daytime population
- 10,186Residents 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 |
| San Miguel County, CO | Not scored | 111 | 241.1 | $175K | −3.7% |
Other business types in San Miguel 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 San Miguel County, CO?
San Miguel County has 111 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in San Miguel County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $19.5M a year, or $4,229 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $175K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,604 households in San Miguel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Miguel County, CO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
San Miguel County has 241.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $175K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, San Miguel County would have about 53, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 96 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is San Miguel County, CO growing?
Population estimates put San Miguel County at 7,753 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,604 households. The median household income in San Miguel County is $79,024 a year, 2% below 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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