Food and drink · Metro area · Oregon
Restaurants and cafes in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #357 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 1,761
- 501 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 791
- +0.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $585.8M
- On food away from home · $3,651 a household
- Spending per listing
- $333K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 109.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 381,584
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, the Eugene-Springfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #357 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $3,651 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Eugene-Springfield metro area spend about $585.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 1,761 restaurants and cafes, that is $333K per restaurant, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Eugene-Springfield metro area has 1,761 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 109.8, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 791 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Eugene-Springfield metro area in 2023, up 0.6% from 2019. That is one for every 203 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $5.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. Population estimates show the Eugene-Springfield metro area declined 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Eugene-Springfield metro area 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 | Eugene-Springfield metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 109.8 | 130.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $333K | $312K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 203 | 184 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.6% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,651 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,544 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 791+0.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 12,504
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $304.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 96Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,761501 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,580The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $5.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Eugene-Springfield metro 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 Eugene-Springfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 381,584−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 160,445
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $71,544+36.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,524
- Median home value
- $430,600
- Jobs located here
- 156,880
- Daytime population
- 382,221Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany, OR | 63 | 448 | 88.3 | $413K | +3.0% | #105 of 387 |
| 2Corvallis, OR | 47 | 427 | 110.8 | $358K | +4.4% | #212 of 387 |
| 3Bend, OR | 41 | 1,400 | 133.9 | $317K | +7.0% | #257 of 387 |
| 4Salem, OR | 40 | 1,789 | 111.9 | $349K | +2.7% | #260 of 387 |
| 5Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 38 | 13,193 | 130.6 | $341K | +1.0% | #277 of 387 |
| 6Grants Pass, OR | 25 | 372 | 101.3 | $343K | −0.4% | #353 of 387 |
| 7Eugene-Springfield, OR | 24 | 1,761 | 109.8 | $333K | −0.7% | #357 of 387 |
| 8Medford, OR | 18 | 1,151 | 125.1 | $298K | −0.9% | #375 of 387 |
Other business types in the Eugene-Springfield metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes24
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops51
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes15
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,761 restaurants and cafes in the Eugene-Springfield metro area. 501 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 791 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 0.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 96 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area spend on food away from home?
About $585.8M a year, or $3,651 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,761 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $333K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 160,445 households in the Eugene-Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Eugene-Springfield metro area has 109.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $333K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Eugene-Springfield metro area would have about 1,580, against 1,761 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 203 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Eugene-Springfield, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Eugene-Springfield metro area at 381,584 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 160,445 households. Median household income in the Eugene-Springfield metro area is $71,544, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.5%, 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. The Eugene-Springfield metro area scores 24 for restaurants and cafes (low), #357 of 387 scored metro areas.
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