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Restaurants and cafes in Maui County, HI
How Maui County, HI compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,259 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 1,266
- 206 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 388
- +0.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $250.3M
- On food away from home · $4,482 a household
- Spending per listing
- $198K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 226.7
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,592
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Maui County scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,259 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,266 restaurants and cafes in Maui County. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 226.7, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,482 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Maui County spend about $250.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $198K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 388 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Maui County in 2023, up 0.3% from 2019. That is one for every 144 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Maui County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Maui County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Maui County compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Maui County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 226.7 | 161.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $198K | $281K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 144 | 154 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.3% | +2.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,482 | $4,533 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,161 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 18 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 387 → 388+0.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,802
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $288.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 90Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,266206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 675The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Maui 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 Maui County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,592−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 55,841
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,162 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 142
- Median household income
- $97,161+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,649
- Median home value
- $904,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,578
- Daytime population
- 133,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hawaii County, HI | 37 | 1,109 | 149.7 | $266K | +4.6% | #1,761 of 2,405 |
| 2Honolulu County, HI | 31 | 4,941 | 145.8 | $320K | −2.3% | #1,979 of 2,405 |
| 3Kauai County, HI | 26 | 631 | 267.0 | $165K | +0.3% | #2,174 of 2,405 |
| 4Maui County, HI | 22 | 1,266 | 226.7 | $198K | −2.5% | #2,259 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Maui County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes22
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes22
- Bakeries and dessert shops21
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Maui County, HI?
There are 1,266 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Maui County as of September 2026. 206 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 388 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 0.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 90 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Maui County, HI spend on food away from home?
About $250.3M a year, or $4,482 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,266 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $198K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,841 households in Maui County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Maui County, HI compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Maui County has 226.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $198K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Maui County would have about 675, against 1,266 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 144 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Maui County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Maui County at 160,592 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,841 households. The median household income in Maui County is $97,161 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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. Maui County scores 22 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,259 of 2,405 scored counties.
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