Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Restaurants and cafes in the Granbury, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Granbury, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #70 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 255
- 96 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 118
- +24.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $104M
- On food away from home · $4,076 a household
- Spending per listing
- $408K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 99.9
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,501
- +13.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Granbury area spend about $104M a year on food away from home, or $4,076 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $408K per restaurant, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 255 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Granbury area as of September 2026. 96 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 99.9, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Granbury area in 2023, up 24.2% from 2019. That is one for every 216 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 31 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $7.4M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Granbury area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Granbury area from 2020 to 2025 at +13.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, the Granbury area has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #70 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 41 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Granbury area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Granbury area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 99.9 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $408K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 216 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.2% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,076 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $88,160 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 118+24.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,229
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $41.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 31Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 25596 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 281The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $7.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Granbury 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 Granbury area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,501+13.6% since 2020
- Households
- 25,523
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 421 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $88,160+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,661
- Median home value
- $306,400
- Jobs located here
- 16,556
- Daytime population
- 53,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Granbury area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bonham, TX | 85 | 117 | 91.6 | $404K | +9.2% | #14 of 538 |
| 2Granbury, TX | 72 | 255 | 99.9 | $408K | +13.6% | #70 of 538 |
| 3Andrews, TX | 68 | 65 | 95.0 | $403K | +1.6% | #95 of 538 |
| 4Jacksonville, TX | 66 | 172 | 94.6 | $359K | +5.4% | #115 of 538 |
| 5Corsicana, TX | 64 | 191 | 100.3 | $343K | +8.2% | #136 of 538 |
| 6Huntsville, TX | 54 | 250 | 96.1 | $321K | +9.5% | #230 of 538 |
| 7Gainesville, TX | 51 | 199 | 120.4 | $319K | +6.5% | #257 of 538 |
| 8Paris, TX | 49 | 254 | 101.6 | $329K | +2.6% | #271 of 538 |
| 9Sulphur Springs, TX | 49 | 158 | 112.8 | $317K | +6.1% | #272 of 538 |
| 10Athens, TX | 48 | 365 | 108.7 | $320K | +7.5% | #282 of 538 |
Other business types in the Granbury area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes72
- Sit-down restaurants74
- Fast food and sandwich shops67
- Pizza76
- Coffee shops and cafes67
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Granbury, TX area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 255 restaurants and cafes in the Granbury area. 96 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 24.2% from 2019. Another 31 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Granbury, TX area spend on food away from home?
About $104M a year, or $4,076 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 255 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $408K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,523 households in the Granbury area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Granbury, TX area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Granbury area has 99.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $408K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Granbury area would have about 281, against 255 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 216 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Granbury, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Granbury area at 70,501 people in 2025, up 13.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,523 households. Median household income in the Granbury area is $88,160, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Granbury area scores 72 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #70 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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