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Sit-down restaurants in Apache County, AZ
The sit-down restaurants in Apache County, AZ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #692 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 50
- 18 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $60.7M
- On food away from home · $2,875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 83% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.7
- 61% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,445
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 50 sit-down restaurants in Apache County. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 36%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.7, 61% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $2,875 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Apache County spend about $60.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.2M of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 83% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Apache County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 1,407 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $265K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Apache County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Apache County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Apache County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #692 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Apache County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the sit-down restaurants 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 | Apache County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.7 | 53.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $747K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,407 | 640 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,875 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,438 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 206
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5018 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $265K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Apache 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 Apache County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,445−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 21,100
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 11,198 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $41,438+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,034
- Median home value
- $63,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,607
- Daytime population
- 66,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Apache County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 93 | 429 | 26.5 | $1.5M | +25.4% | #9 of 2,405 |
| 2Graham County, AZ | 68 | 43 | 33.7 | $1M | +4.0% | #422 of 2,405 |
| 3Pima County, AZ | 65 | 2,035 | 46.5 | $801K | +2.8% | #538 of 2,405 |
| 4Maricopa County, AZ | 65 | 10,093 | 58.3 | $726K | +5.5% | #544 of 2,405 |
| 5Apache County, AZ | 61 | 50 | 23.7 | $1.2M | −2.2% | #692 of 2,405 |
| 6Mohave County, AZ | 59 | 423 | 41.5 | $793K | +6.5% | #780 of 2,405 |
| 7Yuma County, AZ | 59 | 395 | 49.8 | $673K | +9.2% | #792 of 2,405 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 54 | 549 | 49.4 | $739K | +6.5% | #997 of 2,405 |
| 9Cochise County, AZ | 42 | 258 | 50.6 | $660K | +0.6% | #1,542 of 2,405 |
| 10Navajo County, AZ | 33 | 196 | 48.9 | $638K | +3.0% | #1,917 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Apache County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes18
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Apache County, AZ?
There are 50 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Apache County as of September 2026. 18 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Apache County, AZ spend on food away from home?
About $60.7M a year, or $2,875 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,100 households in Apache County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Apache County, AZ compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Apache County has 23.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.2M, 83% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Apache County would have about 91, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,407 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Apache County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Apache County at 64,445 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,100 households. The median household income in Apache County is $41,438 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Apache County scores 61 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #692 of 2,405 scored counties.
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