Food and drink · Metro area · Arizona
Sit-down restaurants in the Yuma, AZ metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Yuma, AZ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #129 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 395
- 111 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 93
- +10.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $265.9M
- On food away from home · $3,351 a household
- Spending per listing
- $673K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 49.8
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 224,449
- +9.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 395 sit-down restaurants in the Yuma metro area. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 49.8 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in the Yuma metro area spend about $265.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,351 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $673K per restaurant, in line with 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 the Yuma metro area was 93 in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. That is one for every 853 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $784K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Yuma metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Yuma metro area grew 9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, the Yuma metro area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #129 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona.
How the Yuma metro area 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 | Yuma metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 49.8 | 53.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $673K | $747K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 853 | 640 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.7% | +3.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.2% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,351 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,876 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 93+10.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,244
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 395111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 401The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $784K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Yuma metro 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 Yuma metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 224,449+9.2% since 2020
- Households
- 79,341
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 5,514 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $62,876+39.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,974
- Median home value
- $217,800
- Jobs located here
- 70,111
- Daytime population
- 205,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Yuma metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 77 | 10,522 | 55.6 | $756K | +7.3% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Tucson, AZ | 70 | 2,035 | 46.5 | $801K | +2.8% | #50 of 387 |
| 3Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 64 | 423 | 41.5 | $793K | +6.5% | #88 of 387 |
| 4Yuma, AZ | 58 | 395 | 49.8 | $673K | +9.2% | #129 of 387 |
| 5Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 52 | 549 | 49.4 | $739K | +6.5% | #169 of 387 |
| 6Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 40 | 258 | 50.6 | $660K | +0.6% | #276 of 387 |
| 7Flagstaff, AZ | 16 | 453 | 82.2 | $465K | −0.6% | #383 of 387 |
Other business types in the Yuma metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops60
- Pizza75
- Coffee shops and cafes69
- Bakeries and dessert shops60
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Yuma, AZ metro area?
There are 395 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Yuma metro area as of September 2026. 111 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.7% from 2019. Another 51 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Yuma, AZ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $265.9M a year, or $3,351 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 395 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $673K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 79,341 households in the Yuma metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yuma, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Yuma metro area has 49.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $673K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Yuma metro area would have about 401, against 395 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 853 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Yuma, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Yuma metro area at 224,449 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,341 households. The median household income in the Yuma metro area is $62,876 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.0% 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. The Yuma metro area scores 58 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #129 of 387 scored metro areas.
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