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Restaurants and cafes in Floyd County, VA
How Floyd County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #364 of 2,405 scored counties
#40 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 40
- 8 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.4M
- On food away from home · $3,376 a household
- Spending per listing
- $559K
- 51% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.4
- 45% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,789
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 restaurants and cafes in Floyd County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 20%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 60.4 per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Floyd County comes to about $22.4M a year: $3,376 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $559K per restaurant, 51% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Floyd County in 2023. That is one for every 390 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Floyd County.
Population estimates show Floyd County grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Floyd County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #364 of 2,405 scored counties and #40 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Floyd 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 | Floyd County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.4 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $559K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 390 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,376 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,191 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 212
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 408 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Floyd 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 Floyd County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,789+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,627
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,191+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,184
- Median home value
- $225,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,579
- Daytime population
- 12,782Residents 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 |
| 40Floyd County, VA | 71 | 40 | 60.4 | $559K | +2.1% | #364 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Floyd County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Floyd County, VA?
There are 40 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Floyd County as of September 2026. 8 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Floyd County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $22.4M a year, or $3,376 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $559K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,627 households in Floyd County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Floyd County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Floyd County has 60.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 45% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $559K, 51% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Floyd County would have about 60, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 390 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Floyd County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Floyd County at 15,789 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,627 households. The median household income in Floyd County is $62,191 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.7% 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. Floyd County scores 71 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #364 of 2,405 scored counties.
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