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Sit-down restaurants in Chicot County, AR
The sit-down restaurants in Chicot County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 29
- 10 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $10.9M
- On food away from home · $2,748 a household
- Spending per listing
- $376K
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 73.1
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,107
- −10.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 29 sit-down restaurants in Chicot County. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 73.1 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Chicot County spend about $10.9M a year on food away from home, or $2,748 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That is about $376K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 43% 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 Chicot County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 991 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Chicot County.
Population estimates put the population change in Chicot County from 2020 to 2025 at −10.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Chicot 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 | Chicot County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 73.1 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $376K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 991 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −10.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,748 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $39,045 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $644K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2910 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
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Chicot 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 Chicot County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,107−10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 3,965
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.4
- Land area
- 637 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $39,045
- Average household income
- $57,094
- Median home value
- $89,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,592
- Daytime population
- 8,936Residents 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 Chicot 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 |
| Chicot County, AR | Not scored | 29 | 73.1 | $376K | −10.3% |
Other business types in Chicot County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Chicot County, AR?
Chicot County has 29 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Chicot County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $10.9M a year, or $2,748 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $376K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,965 households in Chicot County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chicot County, AR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Chicot County has 73.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $376K, 43% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Chicot County would have about 16, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 991 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Chicot County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Chicot County at 9,107 people in 2025, down 10.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,965 households. The median household income in Chicot County is $39,045 a year, 52% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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