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Restaurants and cafes in Big Horn County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Big Horn County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,086 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 21 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 27
- 8 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12M
- On food away from home · $3,133 a household
- Spending per listing
- $444K
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.6
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,752
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Big Horn County spend about $12M a year on food away from home, or $3,133 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $444K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Big Horn County has 27 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 70.6, 36% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Big Horn County in 2023. That is one for every 383 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Big Horn County.
Population estimates put the population change in Big Horn County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Big Horn County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,086 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 21 scored counties in Montana.
How Big Horn County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Big Horn County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.6 | 114.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $444K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 383 | 200 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,133 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,750 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 148
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 278 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Big Horn 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 Big Horn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,752−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 3,827
- Median age
- 32.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,998 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $58,750+17.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,454
- Median home value
- $143,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,877
- Daytime population
- 13,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, MT | 85 | 35 | 70.1 | $623K | +9.8% | #62 of 2,405 |
| 2Ravalli County, MT | 66 | 174 | 93.2 | $390K | +9.4% | #527 of 2,405 |
| 3Lewis and Clark County, MT | 62 | 293 | 93.9 | $418K | +5.8% | #688 of 2,405 |
| 4Yellowstone County, MT | 54 | 685 | 98.0 | $397K | +4.5% | #1,019 of 2,405 |
| 5Big Horn County, MT | 52 | 27 | 70.6 | $444K | −2.5% | #1,086 of 2,405 |
| 6Missoula County, MT | 51 | 552 | 104.8 | $366K | +4.4% | #1,157 of 2,405 |
| 7Gallatin County, MT | 43 | 731 | 142.7 | $306K | +7.7% | #1,513 of 2,405 |
| 8Sanders County, MT | 42 | 59 | 108.2 | $297K | +12.9% | #1,556 of 2,405 |
| 9Flathead County, MT | 41 | 536 | 121.2 | $313K | +10.1% | #1,590 of 2,405 |
| 10Cascade County, MT | 40 | 357 | 100.2 | $356K | +0.7% | #1,615 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Big Horn County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes7
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Big Horn County, MT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 restaurants and cafes in Big Horn County. 8 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Big Horn County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $12M a year, or $3,133 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $444K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,827 households in Big Horn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Big Horn County, MT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Big Horn County has 70.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $444K, 20% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Big Horn County would have about 32, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 383 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Big Horn County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Big Horn County at 12,752 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,827 households. Median household income in Big Horn County is $58,750, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.8%, 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. Big Horn County scores 52 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,086 of 2,405 scored counties.
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