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Restaurants and cafes in Koochiching County, MN
How Koochiching County, MN 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,037 of 2,405 scored counties
#56 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 43
- 17 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −7.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $21.5M
- On food away from home · $3,668 a household
- Spending per listing
- $501K
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 73.2
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,587
- −3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 restaurants and cafes in Koochiching County. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 73.2 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Koochiching County comes to about $21.5M a year: $3,668 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $501K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 35% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Koochiching County in 2023, down 7.7% from 2019. That is one for every 245 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Koochiching County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Koochiching County is 53 (upper middle), #1,037 of 2,405 scored counties and #56 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Koochiching County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Koochiching County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 73.2 | 84.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $501K | $512K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 245 | 260 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.7% | +2.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.7% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,668 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,940 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 24−7.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 348
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4317 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The 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 Koochiching 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 Koochiching County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,587−3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,872
- Median age
- 50.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,105 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $66,940+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,265
- Median home value
- $156,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,294
- Daytime population
- 11,095Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 93 | 168 | 47.3 | $983K | +6.8% | #7 of 2,405 |
| 2Wright County, MN | 90 | 377 | 69.8 | $671K | +11.1% | #26 of 2,405 |
| 3Isanti County, MN | 88 | 96 | 58.9 | $693K | +7.3% | #34 of 2,405 |
| 4Carver County, MN | 87 | 309 | 75.0 | $702K | +6.6% | #42 of 2,405 |
| 5Anoka County, MN | 86 | 891 | 64.8 | $703K | +4.7% | #48 of 2,405 |
| 6Dodge County, MN | 86 | 50 | 61.9 | $700K | +2.3% | #49 of 2,405 |
| 7Washington County, MN | 86 | 783 | 74.2 | $677K | +6.9% | #50 of 2,405 |
| 8Chisago County, MN | 86 | 148 | 69.3 | $646K | +4.3% | #51 of 2,405 |
| 9Scott County, MN | 85 | 418 | 76.0 | $678K | +5.1% | #61 of 2,405 |
| 10Clay County, MN | 85 | 171 | 64.7 | $614K | +3.6% | #63 of 2,405 |
| 56Koochiching County, MN | 53 | 43 | 73.2 | $501K | −3.7% | #1,037 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Koochiching County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes53
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes30
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Koochiching County, MN?
There are 43 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Koochiching County as of September 2026. 17 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 7.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Koochiching County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $21.5M a year, or $3,668 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $501K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,872 households in Koochiching County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Koochiching County, MN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Koochiching County has 73.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $501K, 35% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Koochiching County would have about 58, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 245 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Koochiching County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Koochiching County at 11,587 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,872 households. The median household income in Koochiching County is $66,940 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. Koochiching County scores 53 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,037 of 2,405 scored counties.
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