Food and drink · Small-town market · Connecticut
Restaurants and cafes in the Torrington, CT area
The restaurants and cafes in the Torrington, CT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #73 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 469
- 82 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 219
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $211M
- On food away from home · $4,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $450K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 98.0
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 114,690
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Torrington area comes to about $211M a year: $4,410 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That works out to $450K per restaurant, 21% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Torrington area has 469 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 82 are chain locations, or 17%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 98.0 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Torrington area was 219 in 2023. That is one for every 218 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 47 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Torrington area.
Population estimates show the Torrington area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, the Torrington area has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #73 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Torrington area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Torrington area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 98.0 | 112.3 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $450K | $401K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 218 | 190 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,410 | $4,498 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $93,551 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 219
- Employees, 2023
- 2,747
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 46982 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 569The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Torrington area, 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 the Torrington area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 114,690+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 47,845
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 787 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $93,551
- Average household income
- $131,679
- Median home value
- $335,600
- Jobs located here
- 36,871
- Daytime population
- 93,666Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Putnam, CT | 85 | 297 | 75.4 | $564K | +3.0% | #11 of 538 |
| 2Torrington, CT | 71 | 469 | 98.0 | $450K | +2.2% | #73 of 538 |
Other business types in the Torrington area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops88
- Pizza76
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Torrington, CT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 469 restaurants and cafes in the Torrington area. 82 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 219 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Torrington, CT area spend on food away from home?
About $211M a year, or $4,410 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 469 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $450K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,845 households in the Torrington area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Torrington, CT area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Torrington area has 98.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $450K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Torrington area would have about 569, against 469 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 218 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is the Torrington, CT area growing?
Population estimates put the Torrington area at 114,690 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,845 households. Median household income in the Torrington area is $93,551, 16% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Torrington area scores 71 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #73 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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