Food and drink · Small-town market · Wyoming
Restaurants and cafes in the Laramie, WY area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in the Laramie, WY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #191 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming
- Listings
- 166
- 61 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 72
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $59.6M
- On food away from home · $3,489 a household
- Spending per listing
- $359K
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 97.2
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,558
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Laramie area spend about $59.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,489 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $359K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Laramie area has 166 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 61 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 97.2, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Laramie area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 237 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Laramie area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Laramie area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Laramie area is 57 (upper middle), #191 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Wyoming.
How the Laramie 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.
| Measure | Laramie area | Wyoming | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 97.2 | 111.1 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $359K | $343K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 237 | 219 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +3.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,489 | $3,811 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,917 | $76,176 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 720.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,580
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16661 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 161The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Laramie 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 Laramie area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,558+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,083
- Median age
- 32.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 50%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,274 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $61,917+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,098
- Median home value
- $333,000
- Jobs located here
- 16,736
- Daytime population
- 38,437Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Wyoming
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gillette, WY | 66 | 182 | 101.2 | $407K | +2.1% | #111 of 538 |
| 2Laramie, WY | 57 | 166 | 97.2 | $359K | +3.9% | #191 of 538 |
| 3Cody, WY | 47 | 168 | 126.0 | $293K | +5.1% | #300 of 538 |
| 4Sheridan, WY | 45 | 167 | 120.6 | $302K | +7.2% | #326 of 538 |
| 5Rock Springs, WY | 43 | 192 | 109.7 | $346K | −2.2% | #345 of 538 |
| 6Riverton, WY | 39 | 163 | 108.4 | $320K | +0.7% | #385 of 538 |
| 7Jackson, WY-ID | 39 | 308 | 212.3 | $238K | +4.2% | #388 of 538 |
| 8Evanston, WY-UT | 35 | 130 | 150.5 | $253K | +2.0% | #421 of 538 |
Other business types in the Laramie area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza72
- Coffee shops and cafes38
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Laramie, WY area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 166 restaurants and cafes in the Laramie area. 61 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Laramie, WY area spend on food away from home?
About $59.6M a year, or $3,489 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 166 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $359K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,083 households in the Laramie area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laramie, WY area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Laramie area has 97.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $359K, 3% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Laramie area would have about 161, against 166 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 237 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Laramie, WY area growing?
Population estimates put the Laramie area at 38,558 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,083 households. Median household income in the Laramie area is $61,917, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.5%, 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. 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 Laramie area scores 57 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #191 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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