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Restaurants and cafes in Fauquier County, VA
The restaurants and cafes in Fauquier County, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #173 of 2,405 scored counties
#27 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 241
- 88 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 107
- −3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $136.9M
- On food away from home · $5,123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $568K
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 90.2
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 76,503
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Fauquier County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #173 of 2,405 scored counties and #27 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 241 restaurants and cafes in Fauquier County. Of those, 88 are chain locations, or 37%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 90.2 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $5,123 per household (26% above the U.S. average), households in Fauquier County spend about $136.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 241 restaurants and cafes, that is $568K per restaurant, 53% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 107 businesses with payroll in Fauquier County classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 250 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $750K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fauquier County. Population estimates put the population change in Fauquier County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fauquier County 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 | Fauquier County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 90.2 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $568K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 250 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.6% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,123 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $130,189 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 111 → 107−3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,849
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $43.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 24188 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 369The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $750K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fauquier 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 Fauquier County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 76,503+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 26,720
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 648 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $130,189+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $157,814
- Median home value
- $573,700
- Jobs located here
- 23,349
- Daytime population
- 58,200Residents 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 |
| 27Fauquier County, VA | 78 | 241 | 90.2 | $568K | +4.8% | #173 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Fauquier County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes78
- Sit-down restaurants79
- Fast food and sandwich shops81
- Pizza80
- Coffee shops and cafes79
- Bakeries and dessert shops77
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Fauquier County, VA?
Fauquier County has 241 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 88 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Fauquier County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $136.9M a year, or $5,123 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 241 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $568K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,720 households in Fauquier County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fauquier County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Fauquier County has 90.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $568K, 53% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Fauquier County would have about 369, against 241 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 250 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Fauquier County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Fauquier County at 76,503 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,720 households. The median household income in Fauquier County is $130,189 a year, 61% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Fauquier County scores 78 for restaurants and cafes (high), #173 of 2,405 scored counties.
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