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Restaurants and cafes in Montgomery County, PA
The restaurants and cafes in Montgomery County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #714 of 2,405 scored counties
#16 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 3,576
- 1,181 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 1,653
- +2.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On food away from home · $4,914 a household
- Spending per listing
- $461K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 106.6
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 877,643
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,914 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in Montgomery County spend about $1.6B a year on food away from home. Spread across 3,576 restaurants and cafes, that is $461K per restaurant, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Montgomery County has 3,576 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 106.6 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Montgomery County was 1,653 in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 203 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 297 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 69 SBA-backed loans worth $34.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Montgomery County.
Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Montgomery County is 61 (upper middle), #714 of 2,405 scored counties and #16 of 64 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 106.6 | 100.2 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $461K | $397K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 203 | 237 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.5% | +1.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,914 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $113,915 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,612 → 1,653+2.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 27,857
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $652.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 297Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3,5761,181 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4,446The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 69
- Amount
- $34.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 877,643+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 335,505
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,796
- Median household income
- $113,915+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $158,114
- Median home value
- $436,700
- Jobs located here
- 546,323
- Daytime population
- 974,838Residents 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 |
| 16Montgomery County, PA | 61 | 3,576 | 106.6 | $461K | +2.4% | #714 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Montgomery County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes61
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza61
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops52
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Montgomery County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3,576 restaurants and cafes in Montgomery County. 1,181 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 1,653 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019. Another 297 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Montgomery County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $1.6B a year, or $4,914 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3,576 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $461K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 335,505 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, PA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Montgomery County has 106.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $461K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 4,446, against 3,576 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 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Montgomery County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 877,643 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,505 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $113,915, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Montgomery County scores 61 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #714 of 2,405 scored counties.
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