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Sit-down restaurants in Hot Spring County, AR
How Hot Spring 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #611 of 2,405 scored counties
#10 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 41
- 12 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.7M
- On food away from home · $3,141 a household
- Spending per listing
- $943K
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.3
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,451
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 sit-down restaurants in Hot Spring County. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.3, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Hot Spring County spend about $38.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,141 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $943K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 42% above 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 Hot Spring County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 1,026 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.1M has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Hot Spring County.
Population estimates put the population change in Hot Spring County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Hot Spring County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #611 of 2,405 scored counties and #10 of 61 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Hot Spring 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 | Hot Spring County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.3 | 56.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $943K | $600K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,026 | 599 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,141 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $55,405 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,451+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,310
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 615 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,323
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,843
- Daytime population
- 28,215Residents 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 Hot Spring 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 |
Other business types in Hot Spring County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants63
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza62
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- 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 Hot Spring County, AR?
There are 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Hot Spring County as of September 2026. 12 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Hot Spring County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $38.7M a year, or $3,141 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $943K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in Hot Spring County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hot Spring County, AR compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Hot Spring County has 33.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $943K, 42% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Hot Spring County would have about 58, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,026 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Hot Spring County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hot Spring County at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in Hot Spring County is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Hot Spring County scores 63 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #611 of 2,405 scored counties.
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