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Restaurants and cafes in Hendricks County, IN
How Hendricks County, IN 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #262 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 86 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 549
- 303 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 324
- +13.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $306.3M
- On food away from home · $4,564 a household
- Spending per listing
- $558K
- 50% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 81.8
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 193,510
- +10.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Hendricks County spend about $306.3M a year on food away from home, or $4,564 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $558K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 50% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Hendricks County has 549 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 303 are chain locations, or 55%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 81.8 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 324 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Hendricks County in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019. That is one for every 207 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 61 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $5.2M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Hendricks County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hendricks County grew 10.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hendricks County scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #262 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 86 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hendricks County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Hendricks County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 81.8 | 92.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $558K | $412K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 207 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.3% | +7.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,564 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $101,144 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 286 → 324+13.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,661
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $159.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 61Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 549303 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 826The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $5.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Hendricks 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 Hendricks County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 193,510+10.2% since 2020
- Households
- 67,110
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 451
- Median household income
- $101,144+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,514
- Median home value
- $307,600
- Jobs located here
- 85,878
- Daytime population
- 173,874Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 88 | 229 | 68.4 | $646K | +13.5% | #36 of 2,405 |
| 2Warrick County, IN | 84 | 171 | 68.0 | $634K | +4.4% | #68 of 2,405 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 83 | 196 | 69.3 | $579K | +4.4% | #92 of 2,405 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 78 | 276 | 96.0 | $515K | +13.5% | #177 of 2,405 |
| 5Harrison County, IN | 77 | 101 | 65.2 | $575K | +1.9% | #194 of 2,405 |
| 6Lawrence County, IN | 75 | 110 | 57.5 | $615K | +1.2% | #231 of 2,405 |
| 7Newton County, IN | 74 | 35 | 61.1 | $573K | +2.9% | #259 of 2,405 |
| 8Hamilton County, IN | 74 | 1,269 | 92.5 | $560K | +10.9% | #261 of 2,405 |
| 9Hendricks County, IN | 74 | 549 | 81.8 | $558K | +10.2% | #262 of 2,405 |
| 10LaGrange County, IN | 74 | 111 | 86.1 | $465K | +1.9% | #277 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Hendricks County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes74
- Sit-down restaurants76
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza62
- Coffee shops and cafes80
- Bakeries and dessert shops70
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Hendricks County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 549 restaurants and cafes in Hendricks County. 303 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 324 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 13.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 61 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hendricks County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $306.3M a year, or $4,564 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 549 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $558K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,110 households in Hendricks County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hendricks County, IN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Hendricks County has 81.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $558K, 50% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Hendricks County would have about 826, against 549 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 207 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Hendricks County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Hendricks County at 193,510 people in 2025, up 10.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,110 households. Median household income in Hendricks County is $101,144, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Hendricks County scores 74 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #262 of 2,405 scored counties.
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