Food and drink · Small-town market · Virginia
Restaurants and cafes in the Danville, VA area
How the Danville, VA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #287 of 538 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia
- Listings
- 326
- 132 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 173
- +5.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $134.3M
- On food away from home · $3,045 a household
- Spending per listing
- $412K
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 73.9
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,137
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 326 restaurants and cafes in the Danville area. Of those, 132 are chain locations, or 40%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 73.9 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,045 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in the Danville area spend about $134.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 326 restaurants and cafes, that is $412K per restaurant, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 173 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Danville area in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. That is one for every 255 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4.8M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Danville area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Danville area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, the Danville area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #287 of 538 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia.
How the Danville area compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Danville area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 73.9 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $412K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 255 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.5% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,045 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,874 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 173+5.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,023
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $75.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 326132 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 362The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $4.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Danville 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 Danville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,137−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 44,086
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,012 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $49,874+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,587
- Median home value
- $150,900
- Jobs located here
- 37,406
- Daytime population
- 97,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Virginia for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Danville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake of the Woods, VA | 82 | 119 | 80.1 | $535K | +10.1% | #18 of 538 |
| 2Martinsville, VA | 53 | 185 | 69.1 | $436K | −1.9% | #231 of 538 |
| 3Danville, VA | 47 | 326 | 73.9 | $412K | −1.7% | #287 of 538 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 46 | 324 | 80.0 | $386K | −3.8% | #303 of 538 |
Other business types in the Danville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops27
- Pizza26
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Danville, VA area?
There are 326 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Danville area as of September 2026. 132 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 173 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 5.5% from 2019. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Danville, VA area spend on food away from home?
About $134.3M a year, or $3,045 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 326 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $412K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,086 households in the Danville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Danville, VA area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Danville area has 73.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $412K, 11% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Danville area would have about 362, against 326 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 255 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Danville, VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Danville area at 101,137 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,086 households. The median household income in the Danville area is $49,874 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Danville area scores 47 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #287 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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