Food and drink · Metro area · Massachusetts
Restaurants and cafes in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area
The restaurants and cafes in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #323 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 1,590
- 300 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 813
- +2.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $474.5M
- On food away from home · $4,486 a household
- Spending per listing
- $298K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 150.3
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 233,539
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Barnstable Town metro area is 32 (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,590 restaurants and cafes in the Barnstable Town metro area. 300 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 150.3, 37% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Barnstable Town metro area comes to about $474.5M a year: $4,486 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,590 restaurants and cafes, that is $298K per restaurant, 20% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 813 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Barnstable Town metro area in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 130 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 63 SBA-backed loans worth $22.7M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Barnstable Town metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Barnstable Town metro area grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Barnstable Town metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Barnstable Town metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 150.3 | 106.3 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $298K | $441K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 130 | 191 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.3% | +1.9% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,486 | $4,685 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $95,241 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 813+2.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,234
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $434.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 83Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,590300 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,280The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 63
- Amount
- $22.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Barnstable Town 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 Barnstable Town metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 233,539+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 105,777
- Median age
- 53.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 588
- Median household income
- $95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,349
- Median home value
- $629,000
- Jobs located here
- 87,424
- Daytime population
- 221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Barnstable Town metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Worcester, MA | 78 | 3,064 | 91.2 | $486K | +3.7% | #22 of 387 |
| 2Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 65 | 644 | 103.7 | $406K | +10.4% | #96 of 387 |
| 3Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 64 | 21,147 | 109.0 | $454K | +2.3% | #101 of 387 |
| 4Springfield, MA | 62 | 1,665 | 90.3 | $418K | +0.2% | #111 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 45 | 7,489 | 110.9 | $377K | +2.1% | #220 of 387 |
| 5Barnstable Town, MA | 32 | 1,590 | 150.3 | $298K | +2.4% | #323 of 387 |
| 6Pittsfield, MA | 19 | 773 | 134.2 | $292K | −1.2% | #373 of 387 |
Other business types in the Barnstable Town metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops72
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area?
The Barnstable Town metro area has 1,590 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 300 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 813 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. Another 83 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Barnstable Town, MA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $474.5M a year, or $4,486 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,590 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $298K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in the Barnstable Town metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Barnstable Town, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Barnstable Town metro area has 150.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $298K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Barnstable Town metro area would have about 1,280, against 1,590 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 130 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Barnstable Town, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Barnstable Town metro area at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. The median household income in the Barnstable Town metro area is $95,241 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.1% 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. 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 Barnstable Town metro area scores 32 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas.
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