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Restaurants and cafes in Multnomah County, OR
How Multnomah County, OR 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 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,234 of 2,405 scored counties
#22 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 6,440
- 1,144 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 2,385
- −3.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On food away from home · $4,286 a household
- Spending per listing
- $233K
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 184.1
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 795,391
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Multnomah County scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,234 of 2,405 scored counties and #22 of 29 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 6,440 restaurants and cafes in Multnomah County. Of those, 1,144 are chain locations, or 18%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 184.1 for every 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,286 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Multnomah County spend about $1.5B a year on food away from home. Spread across 6,440 restaurants and cafes, that is $233K per restaurant, 37% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 2,385 businesses with payroll in Multnomah County classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 147 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 86 SBA-backed loans worth $39.5M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Multnomah County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Multnomah County declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Multnomah 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 | Multnomah County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 184.1 | 130.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $233K | $312K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 147 | 184 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.1% | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,286 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $88,766 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,461 → 2,385−3.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 35,426
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 356Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6,4401,144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4,044The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 86
- Amount
- $39.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Multnomah 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 Multnomah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 795,391−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 349,803
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 431 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,860
- Median household income
- $88,766+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,099
- Median home value
- $552,700
- Jobs located here
- 522,256
- Daytime population
- 927,649Residents 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 |
| 22Multnomah County, OR | 23 | 6,440 | 184.1 | $233K | −2.6% | #2,234 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Multnomah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes22
- Bakeries and dessert shops34
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Multnomah County, OR?
Multnomah County has 6,440 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 1,144 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 2,385 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 3.1% from 2019. Another 356 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Multnomah County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $1.5B a year, or $4,286 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6,440 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $233K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 349,803 households in Multnomah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Multnomah County, OR compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Multnomah County has 184.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $233K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Multnomah County would have about 4,044, against 6,440 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 147 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Multnomah County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Multnomah County at 795,391 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 349,803 households. The median household income in Multnomah County is $88,766 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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. Multnomah County scores 23 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,234 of 2,405 scored counties.
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