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Restaurants and cafes in Burleigh County, ND
How Burleigh County, ND compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #486 of 2,405 scored counties
#3 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 378
- 161 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 180
- +20.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $174.2M
- On food away from home · $4,222 a household
- Spending per listing
- $461K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 91.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,251
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 378 restaurants and cafes in Burleigh County. Of those, 161 are chain locations, or 43%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 91.6 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,222 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Burleigh County spend about $174.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $461K per restaurant, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 180 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Burleigh County in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. That is one for every 229 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $11.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Burleigh County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Burleigh County grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Burleigh County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #486 of 2,405 scored counties and #3 of 14 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Burleigh County compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Burleigh County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 91.6 | 105.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $461K | $375K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 229 | 247 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.8% | +7.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,222 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $86,851 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 149 → 180+20.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $98.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 378161 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 470The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $11.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Burleigh 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 Burleigh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,251+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 41,269
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,633 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 62
- Median household income
- $86,851+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,470
- Median home value
- $324,000
- Jobs located here
- 59,122
- Daytime population
- 107,970Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Burleigh County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morton County, ND | 80 | 108 | 77.4 | $514K | +3.8% | #141 of 2,405 |
| 2McKenzie County, ND | 73 | 60 | 100.1 | $461K | +2.8% | #321 of 2,405 |
| 3Burleigh County, ND | 67 | 378 | 91.6 | $461K | +4.7% | #486 of 2,405 |
| 4Cass County, ND | 64 | 848 | 101.0 | $391K | +9.1% | #620 of 2,405 |
| 5Grand Forks County, ND | 54 | 300 | 95.9 | $388K | +1.9% | #1,021 of 2,405 |
| 6Richland County, ND | 50 | 71 | 103.7 | $376K | +1.2% | #1,187 of 2,405 |
| 7Stutsman County, ND | 48 | 84 | 89.0 | $401K | −0.6% | #1,267 of 2,405 |
| 8Ward County, ND | 46 | 289 | 101.2 | $394K | −2.4% | #1,342 of 2,405 |
| 9Williams County, ND | 46 | 177 | 116.8 | $366K | +1.4% | #1,358 of 2,405 |
| 10Barnes County, ND | 45 | 53 | 108.0 | $336K | −2.7% | #1,420 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Burleigh County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants75
- Fast food and sandwich shops69
- Pizza77
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Burleigh County, ND?
Burleigh County has 378 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 161 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 180 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 20.8% from 2019. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Burleigh County, ND spend on food away from home?
About $174.2M a year, or $4,222 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 378 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $461K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,269 households in Burleigh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Burleigh County, ND compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Burleigh County has 91.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $461K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Burleigh County would have about 470, against 378 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 229 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Burleigh County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Burleigh County at 103,251 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 41,269 households. The median household income in Burleigh County is $86,851 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Burleigh County scores 67 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #486 of 2,405 scored counties.
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