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Restaurants and cafes in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area
How the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #28 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 2,022
- 1,025 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 997
- +26.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $928M
- On food away from home · $4,485 a household
- Spending per listing
- $459K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 97.7
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 773,426
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #28 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for restaurants and cafes.
Household spending on food away from home in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area comes to about $928M a year: $4,485 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2,022 restaurants and cafes, that is $459K per restaurant, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 2,022 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 1,025 are chain locations, or 51%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 97.7 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 997 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area in 2023, up 26.2% from 2019. That is one for every 208 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 80 SBA-backed loans worth $43.8M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. Population estimates show the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area grew 14.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 97.7 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $459K | $418K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 208 | 205 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.2% | +13.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,485 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $100,704 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 997+26.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 21,572
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $405.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 174Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2,0221,025 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,503The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 80
- Amount
- $43.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Provo-Orem-Lehi 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 773,426+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 206,880
- Median age
- 27.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 5,396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $100,704+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,279
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 299,641
- Daytime population
- 678,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ogden, UT | 85 | 1,777 | 83.1 | $536K | +5.3% | #4 of 387 |
| 2Logan, UT-ID | 84 | 383 | 77.6 | $507K | +8.8% | #7 of 387 |
| 3Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 77 | 2,022 | 97.7 | $459K | +14.5% | #28 of 387 |
| 4Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 60 | 4,919 | 109.3 | $405K | +3.8% | #129 of 387 |
| 5St. George, UT | 54 | 737 | 105.6 | $376K | +17.4% | #165 of 387 |
Other business types in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants92
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2,022 restaurants and cafes in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. 1,025 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 997 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 26.2% from 2019. Official counts list 174 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area spend on food away from home?
About $928M a year, or $4,485 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,022 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $459K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 206,880 households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has 97.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $459K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area would have about 2,503, against 2,022 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 208 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area at 773,426 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,880 households. Median household income in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area is $100,704, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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. The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area scores 77 for restaurants and cafes (high), #28 of 387 scored metro areas.
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