Food and drink · Small-town market · Oklahoma
Restaurants and cafes in the Ardmore, OK area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Ardmore, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #468 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 240
- 118 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 95
- +9.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $64M
- On food away from home · $3,361 a household
- Spending per listing
- $267K
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 126.0
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,910
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Ardmore area is 29 (lower middle), #468 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 240 restaurants and cafes in the Ardmore area. Of those, 118 are chain locations, or 49%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 126.0, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Ardmore area comes to about $64M a year: $3,361 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $267K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Ardmore area in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019. That is one for every 200 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Ardmore area. Population estimates show the Ardmore area grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Ardmore area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Ardmore area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 126.0 | 107.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $267K | $327K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 200 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.2% | +5.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,361 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,723 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95+9.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,595
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $49.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 240118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 173The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Ardmore 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 Ardmore area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,910+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,046
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 822 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $60,723
- Average household income
- $83,415
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 23,303
- Daytime population
- 50,671Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Ardmore area marked.
Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duncan, OK | 68 | 151 | 86.0 | $393K | +3.4% | #97 of 538 |
| 2Ada, OK | 57 | 133 | 87.9 | $383K | +1.2% | #190 of 538 |
| 3Bartlesville, OK | 57 | 206 | 98.3 | $352K | +2.7% | #192 of 538 |
| 4Shawnee, OK | 48 | 262 | 97.3 | $338K | +3.5% | #279 of 538 |
| 5Tahlequah, OK | 48 | 186 | 99.5 | $317K | +4.5% | #284 of 538 |
| 6Durant, OK | 47 | 222 | 120.7 | $268K | +10.9% | #301 of 538 |
| 7Miami, OK | 46 | 109 | 91.4 | $319K | +0.7% | #313 of 538 |
| 8Altus, OK | 35 | 114 | 116.6 | $292K | +0.1% | #416 of 538 |
| 9Stillwater, OK | 32 | 368 | 112.9 | $281K | +2.8% | #447 of 538 |
| 10Weatherford, OK | 31 | 151 | 99.5 | $335K | −0.7% | #451 of 538 |
| 14Ardmore, OK | 29 | 240 | 126.0 | $267K | +1.8% | #468 of 538 |
Other business types in the Ardmore area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants27
- Fast food and sandwich shops31
- Pizza32
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Ardmore, OK area?
There are 240 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Ardmore area as of September 2026. 118 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Ardmore, OK area spend on food away from home?
About $64M a year, or $3,361 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 240 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $267K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,046 households in the Ardmore area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ardmore, OK area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Ardmore area has 126.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $267K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Ardmore area would have about 173, against 240 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 200 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ardmore, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Ardmore area at 48,910 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,046 households. The median household income in the Ardmore area is $60,723 a year, 25% 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 Ardmore area scores 29 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #468 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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