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Restaurants and cafes in Van Wert County, OH
The restaurants and cafes in Van Wert County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #905 of 2,405 scored counties
#45 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 88
- 33 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.9M
- On food away from home · $3,543 a household
- Spending per listing
- $465K
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 76.2
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,013
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,543 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Van Wert County spend about $40.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 88 restaurants and cafes, that is $465K per restaurant, 25% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 88 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Van Wert County as of September 2026. 33 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 76.2 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Van Wert County was 46 in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 251 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $282K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Van Wert County.
Population estimates put the population change in Van Wert County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Van Wert County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #905 of 2,405 scored counties and #45 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Van Wert 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 | Van Wert County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 76.2 | 93.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $465K | $410K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 251 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | +6.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,543 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 46+4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 805
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8833 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $282K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Van Wert 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 Van Wert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,013+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,549
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $67,917+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,591
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,293
- Daytime population
- 25,207Residents 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 |
| 45Van Wert County, OH | 56 | 88 | 76.2 | $465K | +0.3% | #905 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Van Wert County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes56
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Van Wert County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 88 restaurants and cafes in Van Wert County. 33 of them (38%) 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 4.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Van Wert County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $40.9M a year, or $3,543 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $465K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,549 households in Van Wert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Wert County, OH compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Van Wert County has 76.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $465K, 25% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Van Wert County would have about 110, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 251 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Van Wert County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Van Wert County at 29,013 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,549 households. Median household income in Van Wert County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Van Wert County scores 56 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #905 of 2,405 scored counties.
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