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Restaurants and cafes in Utah County, UT
How Utah 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #437 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 1,985
- 1,007 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 973
- +26.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $911.5M
- On food away from home · $4,490 a household
- Spending per listing
- $459K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 97.8
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 759,859
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Utah County spend about $911.5M a year on food away from home, or $4,490 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $459K per restaurant, 24% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 1,985 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Utah County as of September 2026. Of those, 1,007 are chain locations, or 51%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 97.8, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 973 businesses with payroll in Utah County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 26.5% from 2019. That is one for every 209 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 170 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 79 SBA-backed loans worth $42.5M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Utah County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Utah County grew 14.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Utah County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #437 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Utah 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.
| Measure | Utah County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 97.8 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $459K | $418K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 209 | 205 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.5% | +13.3% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,490 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $100,671 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 769 → 973+26.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 21,299
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $400.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 170Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,9851,007 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,458The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 79
- Amount
- $42.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Utah 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 Utah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 759,859+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 203,018
- Median age
- 27.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,005 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 352
- Median household income
- $100,671+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,622
- Median home value
- $538,700
- Jobs located here
- 295,403
- Daytime population
- 667,806Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, UT | 97 | 16 | 42.3 | $1.2M | +8.1% | #1 of 2,405 |
| 2Tooele County, UT | 88 | 176 | 73.6 | $609K | +19.2% | #37 of 2,405 |
| 3Box Elder County, UT | 79 | 139 | 71.1 | $554K | +12.7% | #152 of 2,405 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 77 | 920 | 79.4 | $591K | +4.8% | #193 of 2,405 |
| 5Cache County, UT | 73 | 358 | 80.6 | $490K | +8.5% | #317 of 2,405 |
| 6Wasatch County, UT | 73 | 140 | 108.7 | $459K | +9.9% | #322 of 2,405 |
| 7Emery County, UT | 70 | 29 | 84.0 | $435K | +3.4% | #413 of 2,405 |
| 8Weber County, UT | 69 | 841 | 89.3 | $463K | +5.8% | #434 of 2,405 |
| 9Utah County, UT | 69 | 1,985 | 97.8 | $459K | +14.5% | #437 of 2,405 |
| 10Duchesne County, UT | 68 | 65 | 94.5 | $407K | +6.3% | #464 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Utah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes69
- Sit-down restaurants82
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes69
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Utah County, UT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,985 restaurants and cafes in Utah County. 1,007 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 973 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 26.5% from 2019. Official counts list 170 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Utah County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $911.5M a year, or $4,490 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,985 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $459K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 203,018 households in Utah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Utah County, UT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Utah County has 97.8 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, Utah County would have about 2,458, against 1,985 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 209 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Utah County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Utah County at 759,859 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 203,018 households. Median household income in Utah County is $100,671, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Utah County scores 69 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #437 of 2,405 scored counties.
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