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Restaurants and cafes in Rutland County, VT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Rutland County, VT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #2,188 of 2,405 scored counties
#10 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 318
- 65 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 125
- −0.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $92.3M
- On food away from home · $3,644 a household
- Spending per listing
- $290K
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 125.6
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,653
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Rutland County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #2,188 of 2,405 scored counties and #10 of 12 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Rutland County spend about $92.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,644 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $290K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 318 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Rutland County as of September 2026. 65 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 125.6 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rutland County was 125 in 2023, down 0.8% from 2019. That is one for every 203 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rutland County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rutland County declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rutland 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 | Rutland County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 125.6 | 115.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $290K | $349K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 203 | 227 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.8% | −1.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,644 | $4,013 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,616 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 126 → 125−0.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,834
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $42.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31865 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 249The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Rutland 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 Rutland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,653−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 25,321
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 931 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $68,616+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,636
- Median home value
- $229,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,134
- Daytime population
- 57,388Residents 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 |
Other business types in Rutland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes30
- Bakeries and dessert shops22
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Rutland County, VT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 318 restaurants and cafes in Rutland County. 65 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 0.8% from 2019. Official counts list 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rutland County, VT spend on food away from home?
About $92.3M a year, or $3,644 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 318 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $290K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,321 households in Rutland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rutland County, VT compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Rutland County has 125.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $290K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Rutland County would have about 249, against 318 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 203 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Rutland County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Rutland County at 59,653 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,321 households. Median household income in Rutland County is $68,616, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Rutland County scores 25 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #2,188 of 2,405 scored counties.
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