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Sit-down restaurants in Kings County, CA
How Kings County, CA 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #875 of 2,405 scored counties
#14 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 237
- 99 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $160.9M
- On food away from home · $3,652 a household
- Spending per listing
- $679K
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.8
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 154,327
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kings County spend about $160.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,652 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $679K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 237 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Kings County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 53.8 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 46 businesses with payroll in Kings County classed as full-service restaurants, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 958 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Kings County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Kings County is 57 (upper middle), #875 of 2,405 scored counties and #14 of 55 scored counties in California.
How Kings County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Kings County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.8 | 73.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $679K | $617K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 958 | 432 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | −1.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,652 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,995 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 46+4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 647
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23799 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 242The 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 Kings 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 Kings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 154,327+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 44,052
- Median age
- 32.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,391 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $70,995+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,359
- Median home value
- $324,300
- Jobs located here
- 45,618
- Daytime population
- 145,293Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 86 | 101 | 35.3 | $1.1M | +8.2% | #55 of 2,405 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 72 | 113 | 55.0 | $891K | +8.6% | #326 of 2,405 |
| 3San Joaquin County, CA | 69 | 1,321 | 53.9 | $797K | +5.5% | #413 of 2,405 |
| 4Riverside County, CA | 64 | 4,476 | 57.7 | $748K | +5.0% | #582 of 2,405 |
| 5Madera County, CA | 64 | 247 | 54.4 | $705K | +7.4% | #590 of 2,405 |
| 6Merced County, CA | 63 | 406 | 47.2 | $750K | +5.1% | #636 of 2,405 |
| 7Contra Costa County, CA | 62 | 2,368 | 57.1 | $906K | +0.3% | #652 of 2,405 |
| 8Placer County, CA | 60 | 1,057 | 66.9 | $734K | +8.9% | #758 of 2,405 |
| 9Solano County, CA | 59 | 871 | 55.3 | $816K | +0.6% | #777 of 2,405 |
| 10Lassen County, CA | 58 | 33 | 35.7 | $980K | −13.1% | #800 of 2,405 |
| 14Kings County, CA | 57 | 237 | 53.8 | $679K | +1.0% | #875 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Kings County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops38
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Kings County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 237 sit-down restaurants in Kings County. 99 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kings County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $160.9M a year, or $3,652 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 237 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $679K 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 44,052 households in Kings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kings County, CA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Kings County has 53.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $679K, 2% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Kings County would have about 242, against 237 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 958 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Kings County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Kings County at 154,327 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,052 households. Median household income in Kings County is $70,995, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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. Kings County scores 57 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #875 of 2,405 scored counties.
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