Food and drink · County · Virginia
Restaurants and cafes in Lynchburg city, VA
The restaurants and cafes in Lynchburg city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,293 of 2,405 scored counties
#107 of 115 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 482
- 194 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 208
- +3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $95.1M
- On food away from home · $3,312 a household
- Spending per listing
- $197K
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 167.9
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,347
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Lynchburg city has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #2,293 of 2,405 scored counties and #107 of 115 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Lynchburg city comes to about $95.1M a year: $3,312 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $197K per restaurant, 47% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Lynchburg city has 482 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 194 are chain locations, or 40%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 167.9 per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lynchburg city was 208 in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 138 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lynchburg city. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lynchburg city grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lynchburg 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 | Lynchburg city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 167.9 | 97.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $197K | $447K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 138 | 211 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.0% | +4.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,312 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,947 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 202 → 208+3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,845
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $95.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 482194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 256The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,347+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 28,701
- Median age
- 33.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 49 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,625
- Median household income
- $57,947+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,031
- Median home value
- $229,800
- Jobs located here
- 48,991
- Daytime population
- 99,233Residents 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 |
| 107Lynchburg city, VA | 20 | 482 | 167.9 | $197K | +3.0% | #2,293 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Lynchburg city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes20
- Sit-down restaurants21
- Fast food and sandwich shops19
- Pizza23
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops20
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Lynchburg city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 482 restaurants and cafes in Lynchburg city. 194 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 208 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lynchburg city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $95.1M a year, or $3,312 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 482 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $197K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,701 households in Lynchburg city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lynchburg city, VA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Lynchburg city has 167.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $197K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Lynchburg city would have about 256, against 482 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 138 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lynchburg city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Lynchburg city at 81,347 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,701 households. Median household income in Lynchburg city is $57,947, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Lynchburg city scores 20 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,293 of 2,405 scored counties.
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