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Sit-down restaurants in Palm Beach County, FL

How Palm Beach County, FL 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,333 of 2,405 scored counties
#45 of 65 scored counties in Florida

Listings
4,045
1,053 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
1,370
+8.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.5B
On food away from home · $4,152 a household
Spending per listing
$622K
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
66.8
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,575,726
+5.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4,045 sit-down restaurants in Palm Beach County. Of those, 1,053 are chain locations, or 26%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 66.8 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.

At $4,152 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Palm Beach County spend about $2.5B a year on food away from home. Spread across 4,045 sit-down restaurants, that is $622K per restaurant, 6% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 1,370 businesses with payroll in Palm Beach County classed as full-service restaurants, up 8.1% from 2019. That is one for every 442 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 454 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 57 SBA-backed loans worth $60.9M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Palm Beach County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Palm Beach County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Palm Beach County scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,333 of 2,405 scored counties and #45 of 65 scored counties in Florida.

How Palm Beach County compares

The same measures for Florida 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Palm Beach County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePalm Beach CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households66.866.061.3
Spending per listing$622K$582K$664K
Households per official establishment442481500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.1%+7.1%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,152$3,841$4,070
Median household income$83,581$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4739

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
1,267 → 1,370+8.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
37,170
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1B
One-person businesses, 2023
454Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4,0451,053 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3,788The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
57
Amount
$60.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
Households
605,430
Median age
45.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
1,964 sq. mi.
People per square mile
781
Median household income
$83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$128,577
Median home value
$447,300
Jobs located here
678,049
Daytime population
1,576,309Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Florida, with Palm Beach County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL8717625.0$1.5M+21.1%#48 of 2,405
2Santa Rosa County, FL8329340.4$1M+11.7%#87 of 2,405
3Baker County, FL803032.7$1.2M+5.8%#126 of 2,405
4Glades County, FL78817.8$1.7M+9.9%#155 of 2,405
5Gilchrist County, FL782737.8$925K+14.5%#176 of 2,405
6Clay County, FL7838045.4$889K+9.4%#177 of 2,405
7Pasco County, FL7799342.0$888K+19.1%#199 of 2,405
8Union County, FL761023.2$1.5M+5.2%#209 of 2,405
9Flagler County, FL7522542.8$906K+21.0%#251 of 2,405
10Dixie County, FL741422.5$1.3M+8.0%#257 of 2,405
45Palm Beach County, FL474,04566.8$622K+5.5%#1,333 of 2,405

Other business types in Palm Beach County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Palm Beach County, FL?

There are 4,045 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Palm Beach County as of September 2026. 1,053 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 1,370 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 454 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Palm Beach County, FL spend on food away from home?

About $2.5B a year, or $4,152 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4,045 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $622K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Palm Beach County, FL compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Palm Beach County has 66.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $622K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 3,788, against 4,045 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 442 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 47 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,333 of 2,405 scored counties.

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