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Restaurants and cafes in Sequoyah County, OK

How Sequoyah County, OK 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,416 of 2,405 scored counties
#21 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
138
64 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
52
+4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$47M
On food away from home · $3,041 a household
Spending per listing
$341K
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
89.3
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,842
+4.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 138 restaurants and cafes in Sequoyah County. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 89.3 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

At $3,041 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Sequoyah County spend about $47M a year on food away from home. Spread across 138 restaurants and cafes, that is $341K per restaurant, 8% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Sequoyah County in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 297 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Sequoyah County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sequoyah County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,416 of 2,405 scored counties and #21 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.

How Sequoyah County 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Sequoyah County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureSequoyah CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households89.3107.6109.8
Spending per listing$341K$327K$371K
Households per official establishment297227209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.0%+5.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,041$3,519$4,070
Median household income$51,093$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4536

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50 → 52+4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
789
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
17Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
13864 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
127The 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 Sequoyah 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 Sequoyah County

Population, 2025 estimate
40,842+4.1% since 2020
Households
15,454
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
674 sq. mi.
People per square mile
59
Median household income
$51,093+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,898
Median home value
$139,400
Jobs located here
9,384
Daytime population
33,924Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Sequoyah County marked.

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rogers County, OK8721558.6$663K+7.1%#43 of 2,405
2Wagoner County, OK8722973.0$529K+14.6%#47 of 2,405
3Logan County, OK8614983.5$482K+11.5%#56 of 2,405
4Grady County, OK7914871.5$520K+7.7%#154 of 2,405
5Canadian County, OK7947080.7$501K+20.4%#155 of 2,405
6Washita County, OK712048.4$683K−0.2%#357 of 2,405
7Creek County, OK7119970.5$485K+4.4%#375 of 2,405
8Osage County, OK7112571.9$485K+2.2%#376 of 2,405
9Lincoln County, OK6510479.1$425K+5.3%#574 of 2,405
10McClain County, OK61167101.7$390K+18.4%#733 of 2,405
21Sequoyah County, OK4513889.3$341K+4.1%#1,416 of 2,405

Other business types in Sequoyah County

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

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Sequoyah County, OK?

Sequoyah County has 138 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 64 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 52 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sequoyah County, OK spend on food away from home?

About $47M a year, or $3,041 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 138 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $341K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,454 households in Sequoyah County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sequoyah County, OK compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Sequoyah County has 89.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $341K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Sequoyah County would have about 127, against 138 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 297 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Sequoyah County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Sequoyah County at 40,842 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,454 households. The median household income in Sequoyah County is $51,093 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Sequoyah County scores 45 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,416 of 2,405 scored counties.

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