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Restaurants and cafes in Grand Isle County, VT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Grand Isle County, VT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 39
- 3 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.2M
- On food away from home · $4,512 a household
- Spending per listing
- $363K
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 124.2
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,511
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 restaurants and cafes in Grand Isle County. Chain locations make up 8% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 124.2, 13% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,512 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Grand Isle County spend about $14.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 39 restaurants and cafes, that is $363K per restaurant, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Grand Isle County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 393 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Grand Isle County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand Isle County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Grand Isle County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Grand Isle County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 124.2 | 115.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $363K | $349K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 393 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,512 | $4,013 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,396 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 393 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $10K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Grand Isle 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 Grand Isle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,511+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 3,140
- Median age
- 49.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 90%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 82 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 91
- Median household income
- $97,396
- Average household income
- $130,172
- Median home value
- $394,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,075
- Daytime population
- 4,985Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orange County, VT | 83 | 78 | 61.2 | $644K | +2.4% | #87 of 2,405 |
| 2Franklin County, VT | 75 | 146 | 73.1 | $535K | +2.3% | #245 of 2,405 |
| 3Addison County, VT | 67 | 134 | 89.5 | $461K | +1.8% | #485 of 2,405 |
| 4Orleans County, VT | 61 | 104 | 86.1 | $423K | +0.7% | #721 of 2,405 |
| 5Caledonia County, VT | 49 | 125 | 95.5 | $383K | +0.8% | #1,232 of 2,405 |
| 6Chittenden County, VT | 45 | 883 | 123.6 | $356K | +0.4% | #1,410 of 2,405 |
| 7Washington County, VT | 45 | 312 | 120.7 | $334K | −0.2% | #1,422 of 2,405 |
| 8Windsor County, VT | 44 | 280 | 110.7 | $362K | −0.7% | #1,459 of 2,405 |
| 9Lamoille County, VT | 28 | 216 | 181.2 | $216K | +1.4% | #2,114 of 2,405 |
| 10Rutland County, VT | 25 | 318 | 125.6 | $290K | −1.4% | #2,188 of 2,405 |
| Grand Isle County, VT | Not scored | 39 | 124.2 | $363K | +3.2% |
Other business types in Grand Isle County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Grand Isle County, VT?
Grand Isle County has 39 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Grand Isle County, VT spend on food away from home?
About $14.2M a year, or $4,512 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $363K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,140 households in Grand Isle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Isle County, VT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Grand Isle County has 124.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $363K, 2% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Grand Isle County would have about 38, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 393 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Grand Isle County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Grand Isle County at 7,511 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,140 households. The median household income in Grand Isle County is $97,396 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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