Food and drink · Small-town market · New York
Restaurants and cafes in the Amsterdam, NY area
How the Amsterdam, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #213 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York
- Listings
- 184
- 49 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 84
- −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $68.8M
- On food away from home · $3,510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $374K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 93.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,046
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 184 restaurants and cafes in the Amsterdam area. 49 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 93.9 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in the Amsterdam area spend about $68.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,510 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 184 restaurants and cafes, that is $374K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 84 businesses with payroll in the Amsterdam area classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Amsterdam area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, the Amsterdam area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #213 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York.
How the Amsterdam area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Amsterdam area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 93.9 | 127.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $374K | $335K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 233 | 172 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | +0.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,510 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,943 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84−1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 815
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18449 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 186The 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 the Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,046+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,603
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 403 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 123
- Median household income
- $64,943+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,002
- Median home value
- $157,500
- Jobs located here
- 18,287
- Daytime population
- 48,064Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Auburn, NY | 60 | 255 | 80.9 | $442K | −2.3% | #165 of 538 |
| 2Batavia, NY | 60 | 232 | 93.3 | $394K | +0.2% | #168 of 538 |
| 3Corning, NY | 59 | 341 | 86.9 | $409K | −1.6% | #175 of 538 |
| 4Plattsburgh, NY | 58 | 291 | 86.7 | $422K | −2.0% | #185 of 538 |
| 5Gloversville, NY | 56 | 186 | 81.3 | $430K | −1.6% | #196 of 538 |
| 6Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 55 | 342 | 82.1 | $418K | −2.5% | #210 of 538 |
| 7Amsterdam, NY | 55 | 184 | 93.9 | $374K | +1.1% | #213 of 538 |
| 8Monticello, NY | 46 | 384 | 122.2 | $316K | +2.7% | #314 of 538 |
| 9Hudson, NY | 45 | 305 | 114.5 | $364K | −2.1% | #316 of 538 |
| 10Oneonta, NY | 41 | 307 | 132.4 | $273K | +3.8% | #371 of 538 |
Other business types in the Amsterdam area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza45
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops42
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Amsterdam, NY area?
There are 184 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Amsterdam area as of September 2026. 49 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 84 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Amsterdam, NY area spend on food away from home?
About $68.8M a year, or $3,510 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 184 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $374K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,603 households in the Amsterdam area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amsterdam, NY area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Amsterdam area has 93.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $374K, in line with the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Amsterdam area would have about 186, against 184 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 233 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Amsterdam, NY area growing?
Population estimates put the Amsterdam area at 50,046 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,603 households. The median household income in the Amsterdam area is $64,943 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. 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 Amsterdam area scores 55 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #213 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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