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Restaurants and cafes in Sevier County, UT

How Sevier County, UT 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,364 of 2,405 scored counties
#16 of 21 scored counties in Utah

Listings
80
38 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
35
+6.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$27.5M
On food away from home · $3,662 a household
Spending per listing
$343K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
106.6
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,827
+5.9% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Sevier County comes to about $27.5M a year: $3,662 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 80 restaurants and cafes, that is $343K per restaurant, 7% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

There are 80 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Sevier County as of September 2026. 38 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 106.6 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 35 businesses with payroll in Sevier County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 6.1% from 2019. That is one for every 214 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $341K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Sevier County.

Population estimates put the population change in Sevier County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Sevier County is 46 (lower middle), #1,364 of 2,405 scored counties and #16 of 21 scored counties in Utah.

How Sevier County 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Sevier County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureSevier CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households106.6103.7109.8
Spending per listing$343K$418K$371K
Households per official establishment214205209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+6.1%+13.3%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,662$4,339$4,070
Median household income$74,884$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score4673

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 35+6.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
741
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
13Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8038 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$341K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Sevier 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 Sevier County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,827+5.9% since 2020
Households
7,503
Median age
36.1
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
1,911 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$74,884+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,761
Median home value
$311,200
Jobs located here
9,028
Daytime population
20,895Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Morgan County, UT971642.3$1.2M+8.1%#1 of 2,405
2Tooele County, UT8817673.6$609K+19.2%#37 of 2,405
3Box Elder County, UT7913971.1$554K+12.7%#152 of 2,405
4Davis County, UT7792079.4$591K+4.8%#193 of 2,405
5Cache County, UT7335880.6$490K+8.5%#317 of 2,405
6Wasatch County, UT73140108.7$459K+9.9%#322 of 2,405
7Emery County, UT702984.0$435K+3.4%#413 of 2,405
8Weber County, UT6984189.3$463K+5.8%#434 of 2,405
9Utah County, UT691,98597.8$459K+14.5%#437 of 2,405
10Duchesne County, UT686594.5$407K+6.3%#464 of 2,405
16Sevier County, UT4680106.6$343K+5.9%#1,364 of 2,405

Other business types in Sevier County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Sevier County, UT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 80 restaurants and cafes in Sevier County. 38 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Sevier County, UT spend on food away from home?

About $27.5M a year, or $3,662 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $343K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,503 households in Sevier County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sevier County, UT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Sevier County has 106.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $343K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Sevier County would have about 74, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 214 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Sevier County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Sevier County at 22,827 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,503 households. Median household income in Sevier County is $74,884, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.7%, 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. 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. Sevier County scores 46 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,364 of 2,405 scored counties.

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