Food and drink · Metro area · Idaho
Restaurants and cafes in the Pocatello, ID metro area
How the Pocatello, ID metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #246 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 342
- 137 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 150
- +12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $118.7M
- On food away from home · $3,533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $347K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,591
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 342 restaurants and cafes in the Pocatello metro area. 137 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 101.8 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Pocatello metro area comes to about $118.7M a year: $3,533 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $347K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 150 businesses with payroll in the Pocatello metro area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 224 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $6.7M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Pocatello metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pocatello metro area grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Pocatello metro area is 42 (lower middle), #246 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.
How the Pocatello metro area compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Pocatello metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.8 | 105.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $347K | $366K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 224 | 214 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.8% | +13.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,533 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,499 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 150+12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,088
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $57.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 342137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 320The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $6.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Pocatello metro 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 Pocatello metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,591+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,590
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,113 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $66,499
- Average household income
- $87,434
- Median home value
- $300,700
- Jobs located here
- 35,810
- Daytime population
- 86,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pocatello metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan, UT-ID | 84 | 383 | 77.6 | $507K | +8.8% | #7 of 387 |
| 1Boise City, ID | 73 | 2,998 | 98.6 | $416K | +12.2% | #47 of 387 |
| 2Lewiston, ID-WA | 63 | 231 | 86.3 | $427K | +1.5% | #104 of 387 |
| 3Idaho Falls, ID | 59 | 554 | 99.9 | $390K | +9.8% | #137 of 387 |
| 4Coeur d’Alene, ID | 43 | 829 | 116.5 | $336K | +11.0% | #243 of 387 |
| 5Pocatello, ID | 42 | 342 | 101.8 | $347K | +4.9% | #246 of 387 |
| 6Twin Falls, ID | 35 | 467 | 108.5 | $331K | +8.1% | #298 of 387 |
Other business types in the Pocatello metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Pocatello, ID metro area?
There are 342 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Pocatello metro area as of September 2026. 137 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Pocatello, ID metro area spend on food away from home?
About $118.7M a year, or $3,533 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 342 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $347K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,590 households in the Pocatello metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pocatello, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Pocatello metro area has 101.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $347K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Pocatello metro area would have about 320, against 342 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 224 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Pocatello, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pocatello metro area at 91,591 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,590 households. The median household income in the Pocatello metro area is $66,499 a year, 18% 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 Pocatello metro area scores 42 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #246 of 387 scored metro areas.
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