Food and drink · Metro area · Minnesota
Restaurants and cafes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #3 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 12,367
- 4,769 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 5,806
- +2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $6.8B
- On food away from home · $4,618 a household
- Spending per listing
- $552K
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 83.7
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,790,295
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area scores 85 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #3 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for restaurants and cafes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 12,367 restaurants and cafes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area. Of those, 4,769 are chain locations, or 39%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 83.7 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area comes to about $6.8B a year: $4,618 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $552K per restaurant, 49% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area was 5,806 in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 254 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 478 SBA-backed loans worth $252.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area 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 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 83.7 | 84.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $552K | $512K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 254 | 260 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.7% | +2.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,618 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $99,833 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5,806+2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 126,511
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 866Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12,3674,769 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18,399The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 478
- Amount
- $252.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,790,295+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,477,259
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,048 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 527
- Median household income
- $99,833+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,158
- Median home value
- $374,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,958,695
- Daytime population
- 3,771,602Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 85 | 12,367 | 83.7 | $552K | +2.6% | #3 of 387 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 83 | 1,019 | 92.3 | $429K | +7.7% | #10 of 387 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 81 | 1,153 | 94.1 | $434K | +9.5% | #12 of 387 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 79 | 817 | 88.0 | $502K | +2.0% | #18 of 387 |
| 3St. Cloud, MN | 72 | 714 | 91.4 | $426K | +3.0% | #49 of 387 |
| 4Duluth, MN-WI | 65 | 1,086 | 90.2 | $418K | +0.2% | #95 of 387 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 63 | 402 | 92.1 | $406K | +0.8% | #106 of 387 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 62 | 684 | 94.9 | $404K | +0.4% | #114 of 387 |
| 5Mankato, MN | 52 | 405 | 99.7 | $390K | +1.2% | #179 of 387 |
Other business types in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes85
- Sit-down restaurants81
- Fast food and sandwich shops83
- Pizza80
- Coffee shops and cafes68
- Bakeries and dessert shops77
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area?
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area has 12,367 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 4,769 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 5,806 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. Official counts list 866 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area spend on food away from home?
About $6.8B a year, or $4,618 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12,367 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $552K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,477,259 households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area has 83.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $552K, 49% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area would have about 18,399, against 12,367 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 254 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area at 3,790,295 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,477,259 households. The median household income in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area is $99,833 a year, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area scores 85 for restaurants and cafes (high), #3 of 387 scored metro areas.
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