Food and drink · County · Idaho
Sit-down restaurants in Kootenai County, ID
How Kootenai County, ID 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #787 of 2,405 scored counties
#13 of 30 scored counties 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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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 383 sit-down restaurants in Kootenai County. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 53.8, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Kootenai County spend about $278.6M a year on food away from home, or $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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Kootenai County was 142 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 also show 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 Kootenai County.
Population estimates put the population change in Kootenai County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Kootenai County is 59 (upper middle), #787 of 2,405 scored counties and #13 of 30 scored counties in Idaho.
How Kootenai County 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.
| Measure | Kootenai County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.8 | 51.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $727K | $748K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 501 | 550 | 500 |
| 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 score | 59 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 140 → 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 Kootenai 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 Kootenai County
- 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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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Kootenai County marked.
Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, ID | 94 | 28 | 27.5 | $1.4M | +13.6% | #8 of 2,405 |
| 2Franklin County, ID | 90 | 13 | 26.4 | $1.4M | +11.2% | #21 of 2,405 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 85 | 321 | 37.3 | $1M | +18.1% | #66 of 2,405 |
| 4Bingham County, ID | 82 | 63 | 39.1 | $967K | +6.4% | #97 of 2,405 |
| 5Payette County, ID | 81 | 27 | 27.9 | $1.3M | +8.8% | #106 of 2,405 |
| 6Gem County, ID | 75 | 30 | 39.3 | $909K | +13.0% | #250 of 2,405 |
| 7Ada County, ID | 70 | 1,072 | 52.9 | $813K | +9.6% | #387 of 2,405 |
| 8Boundary County, ID | 66 | 19 | 37.7 | $926K | +15.3% | #490 of 2,405 |
| 9Jerome County, ID | 64 | 42 | 50.7 | $719K | +8.6% | #588 of 2,405 |
| 10Nez Perce County, ID | 62 | 71 | 41.1 | $886K | +1.8% | #657 of 2,405 |
| 13Kootenai County, ID | 59 | 383 | 53.8 | $727K | +11.0% | #787 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Kootenai County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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 Kootenai County, ID?
There are 383 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Kootenai County 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. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kootenai County, ID 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 Kootenai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kootenai County, ID compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Kootenai County 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, Kootenai County 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 Kootenai County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Kootenai County 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 Kootenai County 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. Kootenai County scores 59 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #787 of 2,405 scored counties.
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