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Restaurants and cafes in Tarrant County, TX
How Tarrant 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,203 of 2,405 scored counties
#62 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 9,099
- 4,096 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 4,055
- +13.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.2B
- On food away from home · $4,100 a household
- Spending per listing
- $353K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 116.3
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,248,466
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,100 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Tarrant County spend about $3.2B a year on food away from home. Spread across 9,099 restaurants and cafes, that is $353K per restaurant, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Tarrant County has 9,099 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 116.3 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tarrant County was 4,055 in 2023, up 13.1% from 2019. That is one for every 193 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,307 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 203 SBA-backed loans worth $129.1M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tarrant County.
Population estimates show Tarrant County grew 6.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Tarrant County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,203 of 2,405 scored counties and #62 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Tarrant 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 | Tarrant County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 116.3 | 120.5 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $353K | $329K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 193 | 207 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.1% | +12.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,100 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $84,207 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3,586 → 4,055+13.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 89,706
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,307Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9,0994,096 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8,652The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 203
- Amount
- $129.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Tarrant 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 Tarrant County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,248,466+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 782,419
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 865 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $84,207+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,895
- Median home value
- $323,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,082,620
- Daytime population
- 2,204,028Residents 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 |
| 62Tarrant County, TX | 50 | 9,099 | 116.3 | $353K | +6.3% | #1,203 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Tarrant County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza64
- Coffee shops and cafes59
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Tarrant County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9,099 restaurants and cafes in Tarrant County. 4,096 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 4,055 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 13.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,307 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Tarrant County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $3.2B a year, or $4,100 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9,099 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $353K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 782,419 households in Tarrant County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tarrant County, TX compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Tarrant County has 116.3 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $353K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Tarrant County would have about 8,652, against 9,099 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 193 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Tarrant County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Tarrant County at 2,248,466 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 782,419 households. Median household income in Tarrant County is $84,207, 4% 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. Tarrant County scores 50 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,203 of 2,405 scored counties.
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