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Restaurants and cafes in the Glens Falls, NY metro area
The restaurants and cafes in the Glens Falls, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #379 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 730
- 151 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 304
- −3.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $207.9M
- On food away from home · $3,808 a household
- Spending per listing
- $285K
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 133.7
- 22% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 124,373
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, the Glens Falls metro area has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #379 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 730 restaurants and cafes in the Glens Falls metro area. 151 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 133.7, 22% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Glens Falls metro area comes to about $207.9M a year: $3,808 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $285K per restaurant, 23% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 304 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Glens Falls metro area in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 180 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $8.4M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Glens Falls metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Glens Falls metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Glens Falls metro 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 | Glens Falls metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 133.7 | 127.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $285K | $335K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 180 | 172 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.8% | +0.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,808 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,836 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 304−3.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,713
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $104.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 730151 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 561The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $8.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Glens Falls metro 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 Glens Falls metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 124,373−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 54,602
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,698 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $75,836+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,103
- Median home value
- $232,500
- Jobs located here
- 49,038
- Daytime population
- 117,382Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 59 | 3,829 | 100.0 | $420K | +1.9% | #133 of 387 |
| 2Rochester, NY | 53 | 4,287 | 96.2 | $403K | −0.7% | #168 of 387 |
| 3Syracuse, NY | 49 | 2,694 | 99.3 | $388K | −1.3% | #196 of 387 |
| 4Binghamton, NY | 47 | 901 | 88.0 | $405K | −1.3% | #205 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 46 | 4,969 | 99.1 | $382K | −0.8% | #215 of 387 |
| 6Elmira, NY | 43 | 314 | 89.0 | $391K | −3.9% | #236 of 387 |
| 7Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 43 | 3,205 | 125.7 | $357K | +3.0% | #241 of 387 |
| 8Ithaca, NY | 35 | 496 | 114.6 | $342K | −1.4% | #297 of 387 |
| 9Utica-Rome, NY | 34 | 1,190 | 98.4 | $368K | −2.0% | #302 of 387 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 34 | 101,299 | 137.0 | $336K | +0.6% | #305 of 387 |
| 12Glens Falls, NY | 17 | 730 | 133.7 | $285K | −1.9% | #379 of 387 |
Other business types in the Glens Falls metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes17
- Sit-down restaurants16
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops17
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Glens Falls, NY metro area?
The Glens Falls metro area has 730 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 151 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 304 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Glens Falls, NY metro area spend on food away from home?
About $207.9M a year, or $3,808 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 730 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $285K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,602 households in the Glens Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Glens Falls, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Glens Falls metro area has 133.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $285K, 23% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Glens Falls metro area would have about 561, against 730 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 180 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Glens Falls, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Glens Falls metro area at 124,373 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,602 households. The median household income in the Glens Falls metro area is $75,836 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. 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 Glens Falls metro area scores 17 for restaurants and cafes (low), #379 of 387 scored metro areas.
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