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Restaurants and cafes in Columbia County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Columbia County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 21
- 3 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On food away from home · $3,555 a household
- Spending per listing
- $315K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 112.8
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,141
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Columbia County spend about $6.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,555 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 restaurants and cafes, that is $315K per restaurant, 15% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Columbia County has 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 112.8, 3% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Columbia County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 372 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Columbia County grew 4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Columbia County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Columbia County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 112.8 | 107.4 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $315K | $419K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 372 | 204 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,555 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,810 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 213 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,141+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 1,862
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 869 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $71,810
- Average household income
- $88,239
- Median home value
- $271,200
- Jobs located here
- 1,408
- Daytime population
- 3,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, WA | 82 | 33 | 68.5 | $533K | +9.7% | #111 of 2,405 |
| 2Pend Oreille County, WA | 81 | 39 | 65.6 | $551K | +7.1% | #122 of 2,405 |
| 3Douglas County, WA | 81 | 130 | 81.6 | $498K | +8.0% | #126 of 2,405 |
| 4Stevens County, WA | 80 | 127 | 65.6 | $553K | +6.6% | #139 of 2,405 |
| 5Mason County, WA | 80 | 191 | 73.4 | $545K | +7.8% | #140 of 2,405 |
| 6Clark County, WA | 77 | 1,669 | 85.1 | $518K | +5.3% | #205 of 2,405 |
| 7Skamania County, WA | 77 | 53 | 105.6 | $402K | +5.2% | #210 of 2,405 |
| 8Pierce County, WA | 69 | 3,055 | 87.0 | $512K | +2.5% | #424 of 2,405 |
| 9Snohomish County, WA | 69 | 2,970 | 93.9 | $512K | +4.9% | #425 of 2,405 |
| 10Asotin County, WA | 68 | 69 | 72.7 | $516K | +1.0% | #447 of 2,405 |
| Columbia County, WA | Not scored | 21 | 112.8 | $315K | +4.7% |
Other business types in Columbia County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Columbia County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 restaurants and cafes in Columbia County. 3 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Columbia County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $6.6M a year, or $3,555 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $315K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,862 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, WA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Columbia County has 112.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $315K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Columbia County would have about 18, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 372 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Columbia County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 4,141 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,862 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $71,810, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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