Food and drink · County · Oregon
Restaurants and cafes in Clackamas County, OR
The restaurants and cafes in Clackamas County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #788 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 1,612
- 571 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 799
- +8.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $754.2M
- On food away from home · $4,603 a household
- Spending per listing
- $468K
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 98.4
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 426,280
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Clackamas County comes to about $754.2M a year: $4,603 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $468K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 26% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 1,612 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Clackamas County as of September 2026. 571 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 98.4, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clackamas County was 799 in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 205 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 117 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 25 SBA-backed loans worth $9.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clackamas County.
Population estimates put the population change in Clackamas County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Clackamas County is 59 (upper middle), #788 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.
How Clackamas County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Clackamas County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 98.4 | 130.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $468K | $312K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 205 | 184 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.9% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,603 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $103,517 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 734 → 799+8.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 12,961
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $341.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 117Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,612571 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,034The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 25
- Amount
- $9.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Clackamas 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 Clackamas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 426,280+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 163,845
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,871 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 227
- Median household income
- $103,517+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $137,183
- Median home value
- $611,000
- Jobs located here
- 181,774
- Daytime population
- 404,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 80 | 89 | 82.5 | $479K | +10.6% | #143 of 2,405 |
| 2Columbia County, OR | 72 | 165 | 78.8 | $504K | +2.6% | #341 of 2,405 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 61 | 342 | 103.7 | $394K | +2.3% | #730 of 2,405 |
| 4Washington County, OR | 60 | 2,425 | 103.0 | $457K | +1.8% | #754 of 2,405 |
| 5Clackamas County, OR | 59 | 1,612 | 98.4 | $468K | +0.9% | #788 of 2,405 |
| 6Linn County, OR | 57 | 448 | 88.3 | $413K | +3.0% | #878 of 2,405 |
| 7Jefferson County, OR | 51 | 99 | 112.3 | $333K | +4.7% | #1,165 of 2,405 |
| 8Benton County, OR | 50 | 427 | 110.8 | $358K | +4.4% | #1,199 of 2,405 |
| 9Deschutes County, OR | 43 | 1,212 | 142.7 | $304K | +6.8% | #1,514 of 2,405 |
| 10Morrow County, OR | 42 | 47 | 108.6 | $331K | +3.1% | #1,548 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Clackamas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops60
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Clackamas County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,612 restaurants and cafes in Clackamas County. 571 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 799 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019. Official counts list 117 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clackamas County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $754.2M a year, or $4,603 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,612 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $468K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 163,845 households in Clackamas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clackamas County, OR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Clackamas County has 98.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $468K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Clackamas County would have about 2,034, against 1,612 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 205 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Clackamas County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Clackamas County at 426,280 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,845 households. Median household income in Clackamas County is $103,517, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. Clackamas County scores 59 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #788 of 2,405 scored counties.
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