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Sit-down restaurants in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area

The sit-down restaurants in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #119 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho

Listings
383
106 chain locations (28%)
Official establishments
142
+1.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$278.6M
On food away from home · $3,914 a household
Spending per listing
$727K
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
53.8
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
191,864
+11.0% 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 383 sit-down restaurants in the Coeur d’Alene metro area. 106 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 53.8 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Household spending on food away from home in the Coeur d’Alene metro area comes to about $278.6M a year: $3,914 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $727K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 10% 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.

Official counts show 142 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Coeur d’Alene metro area in 2023, up 1.4% from 2019. That is one for every 501 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $9M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Coeur d’Alene metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Coeur d’Alene metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Coeur d’Alene metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #119 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.

How the Coeur d’Alene metro area compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureCoeur d’Alene metro areaIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households53.851.661.3
Spending per listing$727K$748K$664K
Households per official establishment501550500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.4%−2.7%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.0%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,914$3,857$4,070
Median household income$81,861$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score5969

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
142+1.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,004
Annual payroll, 2023
$82.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
9Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
383106 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
420The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Coeur d’Alene metro area, 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 the Coeur d’Alene metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
191,864+11.0% since 2020
Households
71,172
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,238 sq. mi.
People per square mile
147
Median household income
$81,861+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,508
Median home value
$518,700
Jobs located here
71,721
Daytime population
176,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Idaho

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Coeur d’Alene metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Idaho

Metro areas in Idaho ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Logan, UT-ID9019940.3$976K+8.8%#4 of 387
1Boise City, ID841,45847.9$856K+12.2%#10 of 387
2Idaho Falls, ID7227950.3$774K+9.8%#39 of 387
3Lewiston, ID-WA6910539.2$939K+1.5%#53 of 387
4Coeur d’Alene, ID5938353.8$727K+11.0%#119 of 387
5Pocatello, ID5416749.7$711K+4.9%#159 of 387
6Twin Falls, ID4723354.1$663K+8.1%#214 of 387

Other business types in the Coeur d’Alene metro area

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area?

There are 383 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Coeur d’Alene metro area as of September 2026. 106 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 142 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area spend on food away from home?

About $278.6M a year, or $3,914 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 383 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $727K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,172 households in the Coeur d’Alene metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

The Coeur d’Alene metro area has 53.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $727K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Coeur d’Alene metro area would have about 420, against 383 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 501 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Coeur d’Alene metro area at 191,864 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,172 households. The median household income in the Coeur d’Alene metro area is $81,861 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.0% 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. The Coeur d’Alene metro area scores 59 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #119 of 387 scored metro areas.

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