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Restaurants and cafes in the Gillette, WY area

How the Gillette, WY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #111 of 538 scored small-town markets
#1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming

Listings
182
75 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
83
+13.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$74M
On food away from home · $4,114 a household
Spending per listing
$407K
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
101.2
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
48,145
+2.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 182 restaurants and cafes in the Gillette area. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 101.2 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

At $4,114 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Gillette area spend about $74M a year on food away from home. That works out to $407K per restaurant, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

In 2023, official counts showed 83 businesses with payroll in the Gillette area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 13.7% from 2019. That is one for every 217 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $4.9M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Gillette area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Gillette area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Gillette area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #111 of 538 scored small-town markets and #1 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Gillette area compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Gillette, WY area compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureGillette areaWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households101.2111.1109.8
Spending per listing$407K$343K$371K
Households per official establishment217219209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.7%+3.5%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,114$3,811$4,070
Median household income$89,869$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score6634

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
83+13.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,754
Annual payroll, 2023
$38.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
14Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18275 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
200The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$4.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Gillette area, 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 the Gillette area

Population, 2025 estimate
48,145+2.1% since 2020
Households
17,988
Median age
37.3
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
4,802 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$89,869
Average household income
$106,141
Median home value
$279,100
Jobs located here
24,989
Daytime population
48,158Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wyoming for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with the Gillette area marked.

Top small-town markets in Wyoming

Small-town markets in Wyoming ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gillette, WY66182101.2$407K+2.1%#111 of 538
2Laramie, WY5716697.2$359K+3.9%#191 of 538
3Cody, WY47168126.0$293K+5.1%#300 of 538
4Sheridan, WY45167120.6$302K+7.2%#326 of 538
5Rock Springs, WY43192109.7$346K−2.2%#345 of 538
6Riverton, WY39163108.4$320K+0.7%#385 of 538
7Jackson, WY-ID39308212.3$238K+4.2%#388 of 538
8Evanston, WY-UT35130150.5$253K+2.0%#421 of 538

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Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in the Gillette, WY area?

There are 182 restaurants and cafes on map listings in the Gillette area as of September 2026. 75 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 13.7% from 2019. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Gillette, WY area spend on food away from home?

About $74M a year, or $4,114 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 182 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $407K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,988 households in the Gillette area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gillette, WY area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

The Gillette area has 101.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $407K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Gillette area would have about 200, against 182 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 217 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Gillette, WY area growing?

Population estimates put the Gillette area at 48,145 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,988 households. The median household income in the Gillette area is $89,869 a year, 11% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Gillette area scores 66 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #111 of 538 scored small-town markets.

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