Food and drink · Small-town market · Kentucky
Restaurants and cafes in the Glasgow, KY area
How the Glasgow, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #245 of 538 scored small-town markets
#11 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 188
- 89 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 86
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $68.3M
- On food away from home · $3,086 a household
- Spending per listing
- $363K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 85.0
- 23% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,224
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 188 restaurants and cafes in the Glasgow area. 89 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 85.0 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Glasgow area comes to about $68.3M a year: $3,086 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $363K per restaurant, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 86 businesses with payroll in the Glasgow area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 257 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Glasgow area grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Glasgow area is 52 (upper middle), #245 of 538 scored small-town markets and #11 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.
How the Glasgow area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Glasgow area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 85.0 | 89.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $363K | $390K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 257 | 260 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +5.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,086 | $3,489 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,729 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 86+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,866
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18889 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 184The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Glasgow 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 Glasgow area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,224+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 22,117
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 777 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $50,729+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,979
- Median home value
- $165,700
- Jobs located here
- 17,233
- Daytime population
- 50,485Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Glasgow area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond-Berea, KY | 79 | 358 | 72.2 | $463K | +7.0% | #33 of 538 |
| 2Mount Sterling, KY | 77 | 115 | 63.3 | $501K | +3.1% | #40 of 538 |
| 3Campbellsville, KY | 73 | 101 | 68.8 | $457K | +3.4% | #61 of 538 |
| 4Mayfield, KY | 72 | 85 | 60.1 | $522K | +1.4% | #63 of 538 |
| 5Frankfort, KY | 65 | 291 | 89.9 | $396K | +3.1% | #127 of 538 |
| 6Danville, KY | 63 | 182 | 83.7 | $386K | +3.6% | #144 of 538 |
| 7Corbin, KY | 60 | 383 | 67.7 | $433K | +0.1% | #166 of 538 |
| 8Somerset, KY | 59 | 219 | 83.6 | $370K | +3.5% | #179 of 538 |
| 9Henderson, KY | 58 | 179 | 76.3 | $427K | −0.9% | #184 of 538 |
| 10Madisonville, KY | 56 | 150 | 81.5 | $387K | −0.5% | #200 of 538 |
| 11Glasgow, KY | 52 | 188 | 85.0 | $363K | +2.6% | #245 of 538 |
Other business types in the Glasgow area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops31
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops65
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Glasgow, KY area?
There are 188 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Glasgow area as of September 2026. 89 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 86 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Glasgow, KY area spend on food away from home?
About $68.3M a year, or $3,086 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 188 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $363K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,117 households in the Glasgow area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Glasgow, KY area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Glasgow area has 85.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $363K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Glasgow area would have about 184, against 188 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 257 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Glasgow, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Glasgow area at 56,224 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,117 households. The median household income in the Glasgow area is $50,729 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. 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 Glasgow area scores 52 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #245 of 538 scored small-town markets.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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