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Restaurants and cafes in Roseau County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Roseau County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #804 of 2,405 scored counties
#41 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 58
- 17 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $23.6M
- On food away from home · $3,745 a household
- Spending per listing
- $407K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 92.1
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,246
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Roseau County spend about $23.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,745 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $407K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 58 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Roseau County as of September 2026. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 29%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 92.1, 16% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in Roseau County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 315 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roseau County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Roseau County is 59 (upper middle), #804 of 2,405 scored counties and #41 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Roseau 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 | Roseau County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 92.1 | 84.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $407K | $512K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 315 | 260 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,745 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,474 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 20
- Employees, 2023
- 151
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5817 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 64The 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 Roseau 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 Roseau County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,246−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,296
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,474+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,659
- Median home value
- $183,700
- Jobs located here
- 7,029
- Daytime population
- 14,832Residents 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 |
| 41Roseau County, MN | 59 | 58 | 92.1 | $407K | −0.3% | #804 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Roseau County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants45
- Fast food and sandwich shops72
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Roseau County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 58 restaurants and cafes in Roseau County. 17 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Roseau County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $23.6M a year, or $3,745 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $407K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,296 households in Roseau County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roseau County, MN compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Roseau County has 92.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $407K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Roseau County would have about 64, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 315 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Roseau County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Roseau County at 15,246 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,296 households. Median household income in Roseau County is $74,474, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Roseau County scores 59 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #804 of 2,405 scored counties.
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