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Restaurants and cafes in Lunenburg County, VA
How Lunenburg 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #388 of 2,405 scored counties
#43 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 21
- 7 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.8M
- On food away from home · $3,111 a household
- Spending per listing
- $707K
- 91% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.0
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,058
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 restaurants and cafes in Lunenburg County. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 44.0 for every 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Lunenburg County comes to about $14.8M a year: $3,111 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $707K per restaurant, 91% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Lunenburg County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 682 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Lunenburg County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Lunenburg County is 70 (upper middle), #388 of 2,405 scored counties and #43 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lunenburg 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 | Lunenburg County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.0 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $707K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 682 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,111 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,842 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $662K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 217 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lunenburg 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 Lunenburg County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,058+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,771
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $54,842+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,376
- Median home value
- $150,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,252
- Daytime population
- 9,245Residents 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 |
| 43Lunenburg County, VA | 70 | 21 | 44.0 | $707K | +0.9% | #388 of 2,405 |
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lunenburg County, VA?
Lunenburg County has 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lunenburg County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $14.8M a year, or $3,111 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $707K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,771 households in Lunenburg County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lunenburg County, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lunenburg County has 44.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $707K, 91% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lunenburg County would have about 40, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 682 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Lunenburg County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Lunenburg County at 12,058 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,771 households. The median household income in Lunenburg County is $54,842 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.8% 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. Lunenburg County scores 70 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #388 of 2,405 scored counties.
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