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Restaurants and cafes in Holmes County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Holmes County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #598 of 2,405 scored counties
#24 of 65 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 43
- 13 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.7M
- On food away from home · $2,959 a household
- Spending per listing
- $482K
- 30% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 61.3
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,119
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 restaurants and cafes in Holmes County. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 61.3, 44% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $2,959 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Holmes County spend about $20.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $482K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 30% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Holmes County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 467 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Holmes County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Holmes County has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #598 of 2,405 scored counties and #24 of 65 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Holmes County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Holmes County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 61.3 | 112.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $482K | $342K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 467 | 223 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,959 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,343 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 253
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 Holmes 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 Holmes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,119+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,011
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 479 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $49,343+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,997
- Median home value
- $110,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,295
- Daytime population
- 15,999Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 90 | 337 | 47.9 | $782K | +21.1% | #22 of 2,405 |
| 2Santa Rosa County, FL | 86 | 552 | 76.0 | $548K | +11.7% | #53 of 2,405 |
| 3Gilchrist County, FL | 82 | 43 | 60.1 | $581K | +14.5% | #106 of 2,405 |
| 4Flagler County, FL | 82 | 390 | 74.2 | $523K | +21.0% | #112 of 2,405 |
| 5Wakulla County, FL | 82 | 100 | 78.5 | $486K | +12.3% | #113 of 2,405 |
| 6Union County, FL | 80 | 22 | 51.0 | $664K | +5.2% | #132 of 2,405 |
| 7Clay County, FL | 79 | 677 | 80.9 | $499K | +9.4% | #157 of 2,405 |
| 8Pasco County, FL | 78 | 1,850 | 78.3 | $477K | +19.1% | #184 of 2,405 |
| 9Glades County, FL | 77 | 24 | 53.3 | $572K | +9.9% | #195 of 2,405 |
| 10Charlotte County, FL | 77 | 703 | 77.6 | $463K | +15.5% | #209 of 2,405 |
| 24Holmes County, FL | 64 | 43 | 61.3 | $482K | +2.7% | #598 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Holmes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes64
- Sit-down restaurants62
- Fast food and sandwich shops63
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Holmes County, FL?
Holmes County has 43 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Holmes County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $20.7M a year, or $2,959 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $482K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,011 households in Holmes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Holmes County, FL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Holmes County has 61.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $482K, 30% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Holmes County would have about 56, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 467 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Holmes County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Holmes County at 20,119 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,011 households. The median household income in Holmes County is $49,343 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Holmes County scores 64 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #598 of 2,405 scored counties.
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