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Sit-down restaurants in Cleveland County, AR
The sit-down restaurants in Cleveland 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
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $9.5M
- On food away from home · $3,224 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 67% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,224
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Cleveland County spend about $9.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,224 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 sit-down restaurants, that is $1.6M per restaurant, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Cleveland County has 6 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.5, 67% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for full-service restaurants in Cleveland County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cleveland County declined 4.3%, 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 Cleveland 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 | Cleveland County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,224 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,794 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 61 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,224−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 2,931
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $54,794
- Average household income
- $76,662
- Median home value
- $137,600
- Jobs located here
- 991
- Daytime population
- 5,749Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cleveland County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the sit-down restaurants on map listings by name and distance.
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Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSit-down restaurants across Arkansas
Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Cleveland 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 |
| Cleveland County, AR | Not scored | 6 | 20.5 | $1.6M | −4.3% |
Other business types in Cleveland County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Cleveland County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 sit-down restaurants in Cleveland County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Cleveland County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cleveland County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $9.5M a year, or $3,224 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,931 households in Cleveland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cleveland County, AR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Cleveland County has 20.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 67% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.6M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Cleveland County would have about 14, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Cleveland County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Cleveland County at 7,224 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,931 households. Median household income in Cleveland County is $54,794, 32% 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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