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Restaurants and cafes in Perry County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Perry County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #333 of 2,405 scored counties
#12 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 84
- 19 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- +28.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $48.6M
- On food away from home · $3,610 a household
- Spending per listing
- $578K
- 56% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 62.4
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,918
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Perry County spend about $48.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,610 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 84 restaurants and cafes, that is $578K per restaurant, 56% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Perry County has 84 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 19 are chain locations, or 23%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 62.4 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Perry County was 41 in 2023, up 28.1% from 2019. That is one for every 328 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Perry County grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Perry County is 72 (upper middle), #333 of 2,405 scored counties and #12 of 88 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Perry County 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.
| Measure | Perry County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 62.4 | 93.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $578K | $410K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 328 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +28.1% | +6.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,610 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,460 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 41+28.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 570
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8419 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 131The 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 Perry 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 Perry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,918+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,452
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $67,460+34.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,295
- Median home value
- $191,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,842
- Daytime population
- 27,577Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 92 | 178 | 73.5 | $655K | +16.5% | #17 of 2,405 |
| 2Morrow County, OH | 87 | 64 | 47.5 | $812K | +3.7% | #40 of 2,405 |
| 3Pickaway County, OH | 83 | 140 | 63.9 | $602K | +7.4% | #91 of 2,405 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 81 | 447 | 74.1 | $578K | +6.5% | #120 of 2,405 |
| 5Warren County, OH | 80 | 693 | 75.3 | $648K | +5.7% | #133 of 2,405 |
| 6Madison County, OH | 79 | 144 | 91.8 | $452K | +7.1% | #161 of 2,405 |
| 7Clermont County, OH | 77 | 624 | 73.5 | $568K | +3.9% | #196 of 2,405 |
| 8Brown County, OH | 75 | 114 | 66.5 | $545K | +1.6% | #241 of 2,405 |
| 9Holmes County, OH | 74 | 99 | 73.9 | $541K | +1.7% | #263 of 2,405 |
| 10Medina County, OH | 73 | 606 | 82.9 | $535K | +1.3% | #303 of 2,405 |
| 12Perry County, OH | 72 | 84 | 62.4 | $578K | +1.3% | #333 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Perry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes72
- Sit-down restaurants71
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza45
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops74
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Perry County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 restaurants and cafes in Perry County. 19 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 28.1% from 2019. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Perry County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $48.6M a year, or $3,610 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $578K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,452 households in Perry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Perry County, OH compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Perry County has 62.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $578K, 56% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Perry County would have about 131, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 328 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Perry County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Perry County at 35,918 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,452 households. Median household income in Perry County is $67,460, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.5%, 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. Perry County scores 72 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #333 of 2,405 scored counties.
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