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Sit-down restaurants in Coconino County, AZ

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Coconino County, AZ, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,231 of 2,405 scored counties
#13 of 14 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
453
119 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
169
−2.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$210.8M
On food away from home · $3,824 a household
Spending per listing
$465K
30% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
82.2
34% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
144,368
−0.6% 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

For sit-down restaurants, Coconino County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #2,231 of 2,405 scored counties and #13 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 453 sit-down restaurants in Coconino County. Of those, 119 are chain locations, or 26%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 82.2 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Households in Coconino County spend about $210.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,824 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $465K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 30% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 169 businesses with payroll in Coconino County classed as full-service restaurants, down 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 326 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Coconino County. Population estimates show Coconino County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Coconino 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Coconino County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureCoconino CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households82.253.361.3
Spending per listing$465K$747K$664K
Households per official establishment326640500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.3%+3.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,824$3,982$4,070
Median household income$72,966$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score2477

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
173 → 169−2.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,292
Annual payroll, 2023
$137.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
453119 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
318The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Coconino 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 Coconino County

Population, 2025 estimate
144,368−0.6% since 2020
Households
55,118
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
18,616 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$72,966+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,878
Median home value
$448,000
Jobs located here
59,472
Daytime population
148,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Coconino County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ9342926.5$1.5M+25.4%#9 of 2,405
2Graham County, AZ684333.7$1M+4.0%#422 of 2,405
3Pima County, AZ652,03546.5$801K+2.8%#538 of 2,405
4Maricopa County, AZ6510,09358.3$726K+5.5%#544 of 2,405
5Apache County, AZ615023.7$1.2M−2.2%#692 of 2,405
6Mohave County, AZ5942341.5$793K+6.5%#780 of 2,405
7Yuma County, AZ5939549.8$673K+9.2%#792 of 2,405
8Yavapai County, AZ5454949.4$739K+6.5%#997 of 2,405
9Cochise County, AZ4225850.6$660K+0.6%#1,542 of 2,405
10Navajo County, AZ3319648.9$638K+3.0%#1,917 of 2,405
13Coconino County, AZ2445382.2$465K−0.6%#2,231 of 2,405

Other business types in Coconino County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Coconino County, AZ?

There are 453 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Coconino County as of September 2026. 119 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 169 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 2.3% from 2019. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Coconino County, AZ spend on food away from home?

About $210.8M a year, or $3,824 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 453 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $465K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,118 households in Coconino County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coconino County, AZ compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Coconino County has 82.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $465K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Coconino County would have about 318, against 453 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 326 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Coconino County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Coconino County at 144,368 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,118 households. The median household income in Coconino County is $72,966 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% 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. Coconino County scores 24 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,231 of 2,405 scored counties.

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