Food and drink · Small-town market · New Hampshire
Restaurants and cafes in the Laconia, NH area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Laconia, NH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #270 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 329
- 83 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 168
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $111.9M
- On food away from home · $4,248 a household
- Spending per listing
- $340K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 124.9
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,147
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Laconia area comes to about $111.9M a year: $4,248 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $340K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 329 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Laconia area as of September 2026. Of those, 83 are chain locations, or 25%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 124.9, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Laconia area was 168 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 157 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $9.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Laconia area.
Population estimates show the Laconia area grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, the Laconia area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #270 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in New Hampshire.
How the Laconia 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 | Laconia area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 124.9 | 108.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $340K | $413K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 157 | 186 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,248 | $4,493 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,783 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1680.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,521
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $73.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32983 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 302The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $9.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Laconia 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 Laconia area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,147+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,337
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 402 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 161
- Median household income
- $92,783+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,878
- Median home value
- $374,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,593
- Daytime population
- 60,550Residents 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 Laconia area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Laconia, NH area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 329 restaurants and cafes in the Laconia area. 83 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 168 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Laconia, NH area spend on food away from home?
About $111.9M a year, or $4,248 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 329 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $340K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,337 households in the Laconia area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laconia, NH area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Laconia area has 124.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $340K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Laconia area would have about 302, against 329 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 157 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Laconia, NH area growing?
Population estimates put the Laconia area at 65,147 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,337 households. Median household income in the Laconia area is $92,783, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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 Laconia area scores 49 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #270 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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