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Sit-down restaurants in Pueblo County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Pueblo County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,208 of 2,405 scored counties
#16 of 37 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 306
- 88 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 118
- −4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $238.8M
- On food away from home · $3,485 a household
- Spending per listing
- $780K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.7
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,277
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,485 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Pueblo County spend about $238.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $780K per restaurant, 18% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Pueblo County has 306 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 44.7 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Pueblo County was 118 in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 581 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Pueblo County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pueblo County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Pueblo County is 49 (lower middle), #1,208 of 2,405 scored counties and #16 of 37 scored counties in Colorado.
How Pueblo County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Pueblo County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.7 | 61.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $780K | $716K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 581 | 468 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.1% | −1.7% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,485 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,010 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 123 → 118−4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $54.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30688 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 360The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Pueblo 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 Pueblo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,277+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 68,523
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,387 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $64,010+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,458
- Median home value
- $291,300
- Jobs located here
- 56,090
- Daytime population
- 161,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Pueblo County marked.
Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 95 | 17 | 17.0 | $3.1M | +16.5% | #3 of 2,405 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 88 | 607 | 43.4 | $1.3M | +10.9% | #38 of 2,405 |
| 3Park County, CO | 86 | 32 | 35.6 | $1.2M | +5.1% | #53 of 2,405 |
| 4Weld County, CO | 86 | 509 | 41.0 | $1.1M | +14.2% | #56 of 2,405 |
| 5Broomfield County, CO | 77 | 160 | 50.4 | $1M | +6.3% | #194 of 2,405 |
| 6Adams County, CO | 77 | 977 | 51.8 | $836K | +6.6% | #205 of 2,405 |
| 7Mesa County, CO | 68 | 287 | 43.6 | $859K | +4.4% | #437 of 2,405 |
| 8El Paso County, CO | 65 | 1,556 | 53.6 | $794K | +3.2% | #540 of 2,405 |
| 9Larimer County, CO | 64 | 845 | 54.8 | $792K | +4.8% | #575 of 2,405 |
| 10Jefferson County, CO | 61 | 1,234 | 51.0 | $936K | −0.5% | #696 of 2,405 |
| 16Pueblo County, CO | 49 | 306 | 44.7 | $780K | +0.6% | #1,208 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Pueblo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes54
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
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 Pueblo County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 306 sit-down restaurants in Pueblo County. 88 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 118 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pueblo County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $238.8M a year, or $3,485 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 306 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $780K 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 68,523 households in Pueblo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pueblo County, CO compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Pueblo County has 44.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $780K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Pueblo County would have about 360, against 306 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 581 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Pueblo County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Pueblo County at 169,277 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,523 households. Median household income in Pueblo County is $64,010, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. Pueblo County scores 49 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,208 of 2,405 scored counties.
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