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Restaurants and cafes in Guadalupe County, TX
How Guadalupe County, TX 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 86 out of 100: High
Ranked #54 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 533
- 221 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 198
- +29.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $274.8M
- On food away from home · $4,200 a household
- Spending per listing
- $516K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 81.5
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 201,111
- +15.8% since 2020
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What this means
Guadalupe County scores 86 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #54 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
Household spending on food away from home in Guadalupe County comes to about $274.8M a year: $4,200 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 533 restaurants and cafes, that is $516K per restaurant, 39% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 533 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Guadalupe County as of September 2026. 221 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 81.5 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 198 businesses with payroll in Guadalupe County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 29.4% from 2019. That is one for every 330 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 24 SBA-backed loans worth $9.8M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Guadalupe County. Population estimates show Guadalupe County grew 15.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Guadalupe County 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 | Guadalupe County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 81.5 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $516K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 330 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.4% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,200 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,375 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 86 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 153 → 198+29.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,350
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $95.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 91Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 533221 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 741The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 24
- Amount
- $9.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 201,111+15.8% since 2020
- Households
- 65,424
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 258
- Median household income
- $92,375+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,083
- Median home value
- $304,400
- Jobs located here
- 49,144
- Daytime population
- 142,907Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 86 | 533 | 81.5 | $516K | +15.8% | #54 of 2,405 |
| 2Clay County, TX | 84 | 31 | 72.3 | $534K | +5.0% | #78 of 2,405 |
| 3San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 56 | 51.5 | $666K | +7.1% | #85 of 2,405 |
| 4Wilson County, TX | 79 | 155 | 85.2 | $497K | +12.2% | #158 of 2,405 |
| 5Waller County, TX | 79 | 183 | 99.8 | $412K | +21.9% | #162 of 2,405 |
| 6Parker County, TX | 78 | 510 | 90.4 | $504K | +23.5% | #179 of 2,405 |
| 7Wise County, TX | 75 | 251 | 99.9 | $422K | +21.5% | #251 of 2,405 |
| 8Williamson County, TX | 74 | 2,516 | 99.7 | $478K | +22.3% | #273 of 2,405 |
| 9Fannin County, TX | 74 | 117 | 91.6 | $404K | +9.2% | #282 of 2,405 |
| 10Randall County, TX | 73 | 473 | 83.3 | $477K | +7.9% | #319 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Guadalupe County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes86
- Sit-down restaurants88
- Fast food and sandwich shops78
- Pizza90
- Coffee shops and cafes79
- Bakeries and dessert shops80
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Guadalupe County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 533 restaurants and cafes in Guadalupe County. 221 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 198 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 29.4% from 2019. Official counts list 91 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Guadalupe County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $274.8M a year, or $4,200 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 533 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $516K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,424 households in Guadalupe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Guadalupe County, TX compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Guadalupe County has 81.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $516K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Guadalupe County would have about 741, against 533 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 330 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Guadalupe County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Guadalupe County at 201,111 people in 2025, up 15.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,424 households. Median household income in Guadalupe County is $92,375, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Guadalupe County scores 86 for restaurants and cafes (high), #54 of 2,405 scored counties.
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