Food and drink · Small-town market · Florida
Restaurants and cafes in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #507 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida
- Listings
- 1,178
- 161 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 366
- +14.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $147.2M
- On food away from home · $4,278 a household
- Spending per listing
- $125K
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 342.4
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,406
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Key West-Key Largo area is 22 (low), #507 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Key West-Key Largo area comes to about $147.2M a year: $4,278 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $125K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 66% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 1,178 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Key West-Key Largo area as of September 2026. 161 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 342.4 for every 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 366 businesses with payroll in the Key West-Key Largo area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 14.0% from 2019. That is one for every 94 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $10.9M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Key West-Key Largo area. Population estimates put the population change in the Key West-Key Largo area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Key West-Key Largo area 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 | Key West-Key Largo area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 342.4 | 112.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $125K | $342K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 94 | 223 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.0% | +11.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,278 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $87,738 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 366+14.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,953
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $245.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 132Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,178161 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 397The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $10.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Key West-Key Largo 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 Key West-Key Largo area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,406−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 34,405
- Median age
- 48.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 983 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $87,738+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,520
- Median home value
- $780,600
- Jobs located here
- 41,028
- Daytime population
- 79,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clewiston, FL | 78 | 137 | 73.5 | $446K | +18.8% | #37 of 538 |
| 2Palatka, FL | 71 | 229 | 73.0 | $414K | +5.9% | #74 of 538 |
| 3Arcadia, FL | 71 | 93 | 72.5 | $410K | +8.8% | #75 of 538 |
| 4Lake City, FL | 65 | 231 | 84.2 | $392K | +6.2% | #128 of 538 |
| 5Okeechobee, FL | 60 | 148 | 97.9 | $330K | +7.4% | #173 of 538 |
| 6Key West-Key Largo, FL | 22 | 1,178 | 342.4 | $125K | −2.9% | #507 of 538 |
Other business types in the Key West-Key Largo area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes22
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops47
- Pizza38
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,178 restaurants and cafes in the Key West-Key Largo area. 161 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 366 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 14.0% from 2019. Another 132 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Key West-Key Largo, FL area spend on food away from home?
About $147.2M a year, or $4,278 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,178 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $125K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 34,405 households in the Key West-Key Largo area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Key West-Key Largo, FL area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Key West-Key Largo area has 342.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $125K, 66% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Key West-Key Largo area would have about 397, against 1,178 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 94 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Key West-Key Largo, FL area growing?
Population estimates put the Key West-Key Largo area at 80,406 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,405 households. Median household income in the Key West-Key Largo area is $87,738, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. 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 Key West-Key Largo area scores 22 for restaurants and cafes (low), #507 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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