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Restaurants and cafes in Fulton County, PA
How Fulton County, PA 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #393 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 38
- 11 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.3M
- On food away from home · $3,512 a household
- Spending per listing
- $586K
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 59.9
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,483
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Fulton County spend about $22.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,512 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 38 restaurants and cafes, that is $586K per restaurant, 58% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 38 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Fulton County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 59.9 for every 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fulton County in 2023. That is one for every 453 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Fulton County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Fulton County is 70 (upper middle), #393 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Fulton County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Fulton County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 59.9 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $586K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 453 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,512 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,836 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 147
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3811 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,483−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,339
- Median age
- 46.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 438 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $65,836+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,807
- Median home value
- $208,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,230
- Daytime population
- 13,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 83 | 181 | 74.6 | $534K | +7.2% | #95 of 2,405 |
| 2Perry County, PA | 82 | 103 | 56.3 | $685K | +2.1% | #101 of 2,405 |
| 3Chester County, PA | 77 | 1,940 | 94.7 | $549K | +4.2% | #199 of 2,405 |
| 4Lebanon County, PA | 75 | 405 | 71.4 | $541K | +2.2% | #243 of 2,405 |
| 5York County, PA | 75 | 1,502 | 82.7 | $488K | +3.6% | #248 of 2,405 |
| 6Butler County, PA | 74 | 674 | 83.4 | $507K | +3.2% | #269 of 2,405 |
| 7Franklin County, PA | 72 | 485 | 76.4 | $501K | +3.0% | #342 of 2,405 |
| 8Juniata County, PA | 71 | 43 | 47.6 | $741K | −0.3% | #355 of 2,405 |
| 9Fulton County, PA | 70 | 38 | 59.9 | $586K | −0.6% | #393 of 2,405 |
| 10Lancaster County, PA | 68 | 1,883 | 88.5 | $467K | +1.9% | #452 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Fulton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes70
- Sit-down restaurants70
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Fulton County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 38 restaurants and cafes in Fulton County. 11 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.
How much do households in Fulton County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $22.3M a year, or $3,512 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $586K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,339 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fulton County, PA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Fulton County has 59.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $586K, 58% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Fulton County would have about 60, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 453 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Fulton County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Fulton County at 14,483 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,339 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $65,836, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.1%, 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. Fulton County scores 70 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #393 of 2,405 scored counties.
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