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Restaurants and cafes in the Gallipolis, OH area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Gallipolis, OH area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #209 of 538 scored small-town markets
#23 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
92
46 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
46
+7.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$38.7M
On food away from home · $3,330 a household
Spending per listing
$420K
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
79.2
28% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,072
−0.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in the Gallipolis area comes to about $38.7M a year: $3,330 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $420K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

The Gallipolis area has 92 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 79.2, 28% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Gallipolis area was 46 in 2023, up 7.0% from 2019. That is one for every 252 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in the Gallipolis area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Gallipolis area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #209 of 538 scored small-town markets and #23 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Gallipolis area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Gallipolis, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGallipolis areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households79.293.5109.8
Spending per listing$420K$410K$371K
Households per official establishment252235209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.0%+6.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,330$3,829$4,070
Median household income$56,830$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5558

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
46+7.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
913
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9246 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
104The 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 Gallipolis 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 Gallipolis area

Population, 2025 estimate
29,072−0.5% since 2020
Households
11,614
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
467 sq. mi.
People per square mile
62
Median household income
$56,830
Average household income
$77,972
Median home value
$155,600
Jobs located here
10,879
Daytime population
28,500Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Ohio

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Gallipolis area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Mount Vernon, OH8216971.9$530K+1.9%#19 of 538
2Urbana, OH8211472.9$513K+0.2%#21 of 538
3Wilmington, OH8012675.2$491K+0.6%#29 of 538
4Wooster, OH7632172.4$518K−0.1%#43 of 538
5Sidney, OH7614174.6$511K−0.2%#44 of 538
6Coshocton, OH7510269.0$474K+1.6%#51 of 538
7Greenville, OH7315773.7$477K−0.7%#60 of 538
8Ashland, OH7014670.5$499K+0.1%#79 of 538
9Van Wert, OH678876.2$465K+0.3%#100 of 538
10Wapakoneta, OH6716285.5$456K−1.2%#101 of 538
23Gallipolis, OH559279.2$420K−0.5%#209 of 538

Other business types in the Gallipolis area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in the Gallipolis, OH area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 92 restaurants and cafes in the Gallipolis area. 46 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 7.0% from 2019. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Gallipolis, OH area spend on food away from home?

About $38.7M a year, or $3,330 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 92 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $420K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,614 households in the Gallipolis area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gallipolis, OH area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

The Gallipolis area has 79.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $420K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Gallipolis area would have about 104, against 92 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 252 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Gallipolis, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Gallipolis area at 29,072 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,614 households. Median household income in the Gallipolis area is $56,830, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Gallipolis area scores 55 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #209 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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