Food and drink · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Restaurants and cafes in the Keene, NH area
The restaurants and cafes in the Keene, NH area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #76 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 310
- 71 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 125
- −6.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $123.1M
- On food away from home · $4,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $397K
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.2
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,269
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,020 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Keene area spend about $123.1M a year on food away from home. That is about $397K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Keene area has 310 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 71 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 101.2 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Keene area in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019. That is one for every 245 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Keene area.
Population estimates show the Keene area grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Keene area is 71 (upper middle), #76 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Keene area compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Keene area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.2 | 108.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $397K | $413K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 245 | 186 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.7% | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,020 | $4,493 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,329 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 125−6.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,036
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $48.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31071 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 332The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Keene 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 Keene area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,269+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 30,620
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,430
- Median home value
- $280,100
- Jobs located here
- 32,125
- Daytime population
- 72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Concord, NH | 73 | 538 | 88.3 | $494K | +2.6% | #59 of 538 |
| 2Keene, NH | 71 | 310 | 101.2 | $397K | +2.3% | #76 of 538 |
| 3Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 54 | 1,040 | 113.3 | $360K | +1.5% | #224 of 538 |
| 4Laconia, NH | 49 | 329 | 124.9 | $340K | +2.1% | #270 of 538 |
Other business types in the Keene area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants67
- Fast food and sandwich shops89
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Keene, NH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 310 restaurants and cafes in the Keene area. 71 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 6.7% from 2019. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Keene, NH area spend on food away from home?
About $123.1M a year, or $4,020 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 310 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $397K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in the Keene area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Keene, NH area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Keene area has 101.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $397K, 7% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Keene area would have about 332, against 310 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 6.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Keene, NH area growing?
Population estimates put the Keene area at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. Median household income in the Keene area is $83,329, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Keene area scores 71 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #76 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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