Food and drink · Metro area · Texas
Restaurants and cafes in the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area
How the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #151 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 632
- 234 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 212
- +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $205.6M
- On food away from home · $3,721 a household
- Spending per listing
- $325K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 114.4
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 153,613
- +12.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 632 restaurants and cafes in the Sherman-Denison metro area. Of those, 234 are chain locations, or 37%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 114.4 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Sherman-Denison metro area comes to about $205.6M a year: $3,721 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 632 restaurants and cafes, that is $325K per restaurant, 12% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Sherman-Denison metro area was 212 in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 261 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 67 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $6.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Sherman-Denison metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sherman-Denison metro area grew 12.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Sherman-Denison metro area is 56 (upper middle), #151 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Sherman-Denison metro 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 | Sherman-Denison metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 114.4 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $325K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 261 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,721 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,182 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 212+11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,263
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $92.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 67Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 632234 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 554The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $6.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Sherman-Denison metro 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 Sherman-Denison metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 153,613+12.8% since 2020
- Households
- 55,248
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 933 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 154
- Median household income
- $72,182+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,000
- Median home value
- $248,400
- Jobs located here
- 48,982
- Daytime population
- 126,889Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Sherman-Denison metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 66 | 11,883 | 120.1 | $379K | +14.0% | #90 of 387 |
| 2Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 632 | 114.4 | $325K | +12.8% | #151 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 55 | 820 | 117.8 | $369K | +9.8% | #158 of 387 |
| 4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 52 | 34,506 | 119.3 | $359K | +10.6% | #181 of 387 |
| 5Killeen-Temple, TX | 52 | 1,763 | 99.2 | $357K | +7.2% | #182 of 387 |
| 6Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 49 | 32,354 | 121.6 | $338K | +10.3% | #201 of 387 |
| 7Odessa, TX | 48 | 685 | 106.1 | $348K | +5.0% | #204 of 387 |
| 8San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 44 | 11,594 | 119.8 | $323K | +9.5% | #234 of 387 |
| 9Wichita Falls, TX | 40 | 546 | 96.2 | $364K | +0.7% | #259 of 387 |
| 10Longview, TX | 35 | 1,166 | 107.8 | $324K | +3.8% | #299 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sherman-Denison metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes56
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area?
There are 632 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Sherman-Denison metro area as of September 2026. 234 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 212 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. Official counts list 67 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area spend on food away from home?
About $205.6M a year, or $3,721 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 632 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $325K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,248 households in the Sherman-Denison metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Sherman-Denison metro area has 114.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $325K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Sherman-Denison metro area would have about 554, against 632 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 261 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sherman-Denison metro area at 153,613 people in 2025, up 12.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,248 households. The median household income in the Sherman-Denison metro area is $72,182 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.7% 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. The Sherman-Denison metro area scores 56 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #151 of 387 scored metro areas.
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