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Sit-down restaurants in Bradley County, AR
How Bradley County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,382 of 2,405 scored counties
#61 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 23
- 8 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.8M
- On food away from home · $2,866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $468K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 61.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,828
- −6.4% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Bradley County has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #2,382 of 2,405 scored counties and #61 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 sit-down restaurants in Bradley County. 8 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 61.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Bradley County comes to about $10.8M a year: $2,866 per household, 30% below the U.S. average. That works out to $468K per restaurant, 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Bradley County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 536 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $134K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Bradley County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bradley County declined 6.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bradley County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Bradley County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 61.3 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $468K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 536 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.4% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,866 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,476 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $756K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 238 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $134K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Bradley 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 Bradley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,828−6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 3,752
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 649 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $41,476−4.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,979
- Median home value
- $94,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,407
- Daytime population
- 9,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Bradley County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 80 | 202 | 40.2 | $942K | +7.6% | #128 of 2,405 |
| 2Madison County, AR | 77 | 19 | 29.4 | $1.1M | +11.2% | #188 of 2,405 |
| 3Grant County, AR | 73 | 23 | 33.0 | $1.1M | +4.1% | #298 of 2,405 |
| 4Lonoke County, AR | 71 | 121 | 42.4 | $859K | +3.5% | #349 of 2,405 |
| 5Perry County, AR | 70 | 9 | 22.0 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #358 of 2,405 |
| 6Marion County, AR | 70 | 20 | 26.1 | $1.1M | +4.3% | #363 of 2,405 |
| 7Fulton County, AR | 68 | 12 | 25.2 | $1.1M | +3.7% | #420 of 2,405 |
| 8Benton County, AR | 66 | 667 | 59.6 | $726K | +16.0% | #506 of 2,405 |
| 9Logan County, AR | 65 | 29 | 34.0 | $968K | +2.5% | #521 of 2,405 |
| 10Hot Spring County, AR | 63 | 41 | 33.3 | $943K | +1.1% | #611 of 2,405 |
| 61Bradley County, AR | 13 | 23 | 61.3 | $468K | −6.4% | #2,382 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Bradley County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants13
- Fast food and sandwich shops25
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Bradley County, AR?
There are 23 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Bradley County as of September 2026. 8 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bradley County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $10.8M a year, or $2,866 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $468K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,752 households in Bradley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bradley County, AR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Bradley County has 61.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $468K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Bradley County would have about 16, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 536 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Bradley County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Bradley County at 9,828 people in 2025, down 6.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,752 households. The median household income in Bradley County is $41,476 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 4.0% 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. Bradley County scores 13 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,382 of 2,405 scored counties.
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