Food and drink · County · Virginia
Restaurants and cafes in Falls Church city, VA
The restaurants and cafes in Falls Church city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,893 of 2,405 scored counties
#91 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 234
- 55 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 108
- +13.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $35.1M
- On food away from home · $5,601 a household
- Spending per listing
- $150K
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 373.0
- 3.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,159
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Falls Church city has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,893 of 2,405 scored counties and #91 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 234 restaurants and cafes in Falls Church city. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 373.0, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Falls Church city comes to about $35.1M a year: $5,601 per household, 38% above the U.S. average. That works out to $150K per restaurant, 60% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Falls Church city in 2023, up 13.7% from 2019. That is one for every 58 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Falls Church city. Population estimates put the population change in Falls Church city from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Falls Church city 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 | Falls Church city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 373.0 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $150K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 58 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.7% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,601 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $143,262 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95 → 108+13.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,340
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23455 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 95The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Falls Church city, 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 Falls Church city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,159+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,273
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,193
- Median household income
- $143,262+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $204,594
- Median home value
- $1,055,600
- Jobs located here
- 10,691
- Daytime population
- 18,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 96 | 56 | 54.1 | $930K | +17.4% | #3 of 2,405 |
| 2Fluvanna County, VA | 94 | 36 | 34.9 | $1.2M | +6.2% | #4 of 2,405 |
| 3Caroline County, VA | 93 | 63 | 52.6 | $773K | +11.3% | #9 of 2,405 |
| 4Powhatan County, VA | 92 | 59 | 52.1 | $895K | +7.0% | #11 of 2,405 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 92 | 57 | 61.5 | $783K | +21.2% | #12 of 2,405 |
| 6Louisa County, VA | 92 | 85 | 54.6 | $745K | +13.6% | #14 of 2,405 |
| 7King George County, VA | 91 | 66 | 65.1 | $731K | +10.5% | #18 of 2,405 |
| 8Frederick County, VA | 90 | 245 | 69.2 | $636K | +8.8% | #28 of 2,405 |
| 9Stafford County, VA | 89 | 369 | 70.5 | $758K | +8.3% | #29 of 2,405 |
| 10Dinwiddie County, VA | 87 | 39 | 36.6 | $1M | +3.6% | #38 of 2,405 |
| 91Falls Church city, VA | 34 | 234 | 373.0 | $150K | +3.3% | #1,893 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Falls Church city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops34
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Falls Church city, VA?
There are 234 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Falls Church city as of September 2026. 55 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 13.7% from 2019. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Falls Church city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $35.1M a year, or $5,601 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 234 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $150K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,273 households in Falls Church city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Falls Church city, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Falls Church city has 373.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $150K, 60% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Falls Church city would have about 95, against 234 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 58 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Falls Church city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Falls Church city at 15,159 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,273 households. The median household income in Falls Church city is $143,262 a year, 77% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. 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. Falls Church city scores 34 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,893 of 2,405 scored counties.
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