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Restaurants and cafes in Piscataquis County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Piscataquis County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,275 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 73
- 11 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- +6.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.8M
- On food away from home · $3,317 a household
- Spending per listing
- $381K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 87.1
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,409
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Piscataquis County comes to about $27.8M a year: $3,317 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $381K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Piscataquis County has 73 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 87.1 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Piscataquis County in 2023, up 6.3% from 2019. That is one for every 247 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $304K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Piscataquis County.
Population estimates put the population change in Piscataquis County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Piscataquis County is 48 (lower middle), #1,275 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Piscataquis County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Piscataquis County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 87.1 | 111.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $381K | $344K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 247 | 197 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.3% | +2.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,317 | $3,835 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,345 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 34+6.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 303
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7311 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $304K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,409+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 8,385
- Median age
- 49.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,961 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $61,345+50.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,023
- Median home value
- $170,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,344
- Daytime population
- 15,806Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sagadahoc County, ME | 72 | 123 | 74.8 | $540K | +3.4% | #336 of 2,405 |
| 2Waldo County, ME | 66 | 140 | 80.1 | $452K | +2.6% | #517 of 2,405 |
| 3Penobscot County, ME | 61 | 555 | 85.1 | $423K | +3.8% | #722 of 2,405 |
| 4Androscoggin County, ME | 59 | 380 | 80.9 | $439K | +4.8% | #800 of 2,405 |
| 5Somerset County, ME | 58 | 166 | 71.5 | $454K | +2.3% | #825 of 2,405 |
| 6Oxford County, ME | 57 | 207 | 85.7 | $398K | +4.2% | #882 of 2,405 |
| 7Kennebec County, ME | 56 | 472 | 86.9 | $415K | +3.5% | #920 of 2,405 |
| 8Aroostook County, ME | 51 | 218 | 72.8 | $449K | −0.7% | #1,121 of 2,405 |
| 9Piscataquis County, ME | 48 | 73 | 87.1 | $381K | +3.5% | #1,275 of 2,405 |
| 10York County, ME | 45 | 1,123 | 122.8 | $337K | +4.8% | #1,419 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Piscataquis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants45
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops39
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Piscataquis County, ME?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 restaurants and cafes in Piscataquis County. 11 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 6.3% from 2019. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Piscataquis County, ME spend on food away from home?
About $27.8M a year, or $3,317 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $381K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,385 households in Piscataquis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Piscataquis County, ME compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Piscataquis County has 87.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $381K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Piscataquis County would have about 75, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 247 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Piscataquis County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Piscataquis County at 17,409 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,385 households. Median household income in Piscataquis County is $61,345, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.0%, 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. Piscataquis County scores 48 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,275 of 2,405 scored counties.
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