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Restaurants and cafes in Johnson County, KS
The restaurants and cafes in Johnson County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #369 of 2,405 scored counties
#6 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 2,372
- 1,208 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 1,137
- +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On food away from home · $4,886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $514K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 95.1
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 636,906
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Johnson County comes to about $1.2B a year: $4,886 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $514K per restaurant, 39% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Johnson County has 2,372 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 1,208 are chain locations, or 51%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 95.1 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Johnson County was 1,137 in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 128 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 64 SBA-backed loans worth $39.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Johnson County.
Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Johnson County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #369 of 2,405 scored counties and #6 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Johnson County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Johnson County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 95.1 | 98.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $514K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 219 | 229 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +6.6% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,886 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $109,208 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,038 → 1,137+9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 27,701
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $636.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 128Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2,3721,208 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3,288The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 64
- Amount
- $39.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 636,906+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 249,531
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,310
- Median household income
- $109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,207
- Median home value
- $391,200
- Jobs located here
- 379,207
- Daytime population
- 678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Johnson County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 84 | 97 | 70.6 | $597K | +5.9% | #70 of 2,405 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 81 | 230 | 76.2 | $557K | +3.2% | #121 of 2,405 |
| 3Jefferson County, KS | 78 | 55 | 74.2 | $546K | −0.2% | #174 of 2,405 |
| 4Pottawatomie County, KS | 78 | 73 | 77.8 | $544K | +6.9% | #175 of 2,405 |
| 5Butler County, KS | 74 | 200 | 78.9 | $510K | +3.1% | #268 of 2,405 |
| 6Johnson County, KS | 71 | 2,372 | 95.1 | $514K | +4.2% | #369 of 2,405 |
| 7Jackson County, KS | 68 | 41 | 81.8 | $461K | +1.5% | #454 of 2,405 |
| 8Dickinson County, KS | 63 | 67 | 83.6 | $436K | +1.4% | #640 of 2,405 |
| 9Osage County, KS | 61 | 51 | 79.3 | $460K | −0.3% | #715 of 2,405 |
| 10Franklin County, KS | 56 | 93 | 89.3 | $416K | +1.1% | #919 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Johnson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants71
- Fast food and sandwich shops71
- Pizza75
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops65
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Johnson County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,372 restaurants and cafes in Johnson County. 1,208 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 1,137 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 9.5% from 2019. Official counts list 128 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $1.2B a year, or $4,886 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,372 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $514K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Johnson County has 95.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $514K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Johnson County would have about 3,288, against 2,372 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 219 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 71 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #369 of 2,405 scored counties.
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