Market rankings · Indiana
Sit-down restaurants in Indiana
Markets across Indiana ranked by the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, with competitor counts and household spending for each.
- Listings
- 13,715
- 5,173 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 4,796
- +0.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $10.3B
- On food away from home
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.5
- 18% below the U.S.
- Spending per listing
- $753K
- 13% above the U.S.
- Rank among states
- #15 of 51
- Market score 59 · Upper middle
A site report maps the sit-down restaurants on map listings around any address in Indiana by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13,715 sit-down restaurants in Indiana. 5,173 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 50.5, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Indiana spend about $10.3B a year on food away from home, or $3,802 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $753K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 13% 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 Indiana was 4,796 in 2023, up 0.1% from 2019. That is one for every 566 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 1.5% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 254 SBA-backed loans worth $116.7M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Indiana.
Among the 50 states and DC, Indiana ranks #15 for sit-down restaurants, with a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle). Of the 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Indiana, the Fort Wayne metro area scores highest (71). Of the 25 scored small-town markets in or partly in Indiana, the Bedford area scores highest (84).
Every market in Indiana for sit-down restaurants
Download the ranking (CSV)Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Indiana, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.
Metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Wayne, IN | 71 | 830 | 45.6 | $822K | +3.9% | #43 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 67 | 4,626 | 51.0 | $803K | +2.7% | #66 of 387 |
| 2Columbus, IN | 67 | 178 | 53.4 | $752K | +4.3% | #70 of 387 |
| 3Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 62 | 4,643 | 55.1 | $746K | +5.4% | #103 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 55 | 2,979 | 53.4 | $711K | +2.9% | #145 of 387 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 52 | 434 | 47.8 | $742K | +2.1% | #168 of 387 |
| 5Muncie, IN | 50 | 205 | 44.3 | $738K | +1.2% | #187 of 387 |
| 6Evansville, IN | 50 | 592 | 51.9 | $716K | +1.6% | #190 of 387 |
| 7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 49 | 632 | 49.2 | $752K | +0.1% | #192 of 387 |
| 8Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 48 | 353 | 48.8 | $753K | +0.9% | #205 of 387 |
| 9Kokomo, IN | 43 | 179 | 50.3 | $697K | +0.4% | #243 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 43 | 23,922 | 65.7 | $673K | 0.0% | #245 of 387 |
| 10Bloomington, IN | 36 | 366 | 53.9 | $675K | +2.0% | #299 of 387 |
| 11Terre Haute, IN | 35 | 326 | 48.4 | $690K | +0.3% | #306 of 387 |
| 12Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 29 | 246 | 56.4 | $657K | −0.9% | #349 of 387 |
Small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bedford, IN | 84 | 56 | 29.3 | $1.2M | +1.2% | #9 of 538 |
| 2Kendallville, IN | 79 | 71 | 39.1 | $936K | +1.0% | #22 of 538 |
| 3Greencastle, IN | 79 | 64 | 45.3 | $833K | +3.2% | #24 of 538 |
| 4Decatur, IN | 75 | 44 | 35.5 | $1M | +2.2% | #41 of 538 |
| 5Seymour, IN | 75 | 77 | 42.5 | $866K | +1.9% | #44 of 538 |
| 6Huntington, IN | 74 | 54 | 35.1 | $1M | +1.6% | #46 of 538 |
| 7Greensburg, IN | 72 | 49 | 45.7 | $822K | +0.4% | #62 of 538 |
| 8Auburn, IN | 71 | 75 | 43.9 | $845K | +2.9% | #70 of 538 |
| 9Washington, IN | 69 | 53 | 44.9 | $811K | +2.5% | #80 of 538 |
| 10Connersville, IN | 68 | 30 | 31.8 | $1M | +0.7% | #84 of 538 |
| 11New Castle, IN | 68 | 76 | 40.8 | $838K | +0.5% | #87 of 538 |
| 12Frankfort, IN | 63 | 59 | 47.2 | $749K | +0.4% | #136 of 538 |
| 13Peru, IN | 62 | 43 | 32.3 | $1.1M | −3.9% | #139 of 538 |
| 14Plymouth, IN | 62 | 85 | 47.9 | $764K | +1.2% | #142 of 538 |
| 15Crawfordsville, IN | 62 | 81 | 51.9 | $710K | +2.7% | #143 of 538 |
| 16Wabash, IN | 59 | 56 | 44.2 | $807K | −0.7% | #173 of 538 |
| 17Vincennes, IN | 56 | 69 | 45.5 | $763K | −1.7% | #202 of 538 |
| 18Warsaw, IN | 56 | 169 | 52.9 | $718K | +0.9% | #208 of 538 |
| 19Madison, IN | 53 | 65 | 50.8 | $692K | +0.6% | #237 of 538 |
| 20Marion, IN | 50 | 121 | 45.2 | $708K | 0.0% | #264 of 538 |
| 21Jasper, IN | 49 | 101 | 57.5 | $680K | +0.9% | #271 of 538 |
| 22Angola, IN | 42 | 86 | 61.2 | $615K | +1.0% | #350 of 538 |
| 23Logansport, IN | 41 | 78 | 51.9 | $631K | +0.1% | #362 of 538 |
| 24Monticello, IN | 41 | 67 | 65.3 | $548K | +2.0% | #366 of 538 |
| 25Richmond, IN | 39 | 129 | 47.8 | $691K | −0.5% | #383 of 538 |
Counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 88 | 115 | 34.4 | $1.3M | +13.5% | #39 of 2,405 |
| 2Warrick County, IN | 85 | 96 | 38.2 | $1.1M | +4.4% | #62 of 2,405 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 79 | 108 | 38.2 | $1.1M | +4.4% | #148 of 2,405 |
| 4Harrison County, IN | 78 | 52 | 33.6 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #159 of 2,405 |
| 5Wells County, IN | 77 | 40 | 34.6 | $1M | +2.6% | #192 of 2,405 |
| 6Lawrence County, IN | 76 | 56 | 29.3 | $1.2M | +1.2% | #216 of 2,405 |
| 7Hendricks County, IN | 76 | 299 | 44.6 | $1M | +10.2% | #223 of 2,405 |
| 8Boone County, IN | 76 | 150 | 52.2 | $948K | +13.5% | #226 of 2,405 |
| 9Owen County, IN | 75 | 24 | 27.8 | $1.2M | +2.6% | #233 of 2,405 |
| 10Whitley County, IN | 75 | 53 | 37.8 | $1M | +2.1% | #240 of 2,405 |
| 11Hamilton County, IN | 75 | 700 | 51.0 | $1M | +10.9% | #241 of 2,405 |
| 12LaGrange County, IN | 74 | 48 | 37.2 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #266 of 2,405 |
| 13Franklin County, IN | 73 | 31 | 33.7 | $1.2M | +2.2% | #292 of 2,405 |
| 14Washington County, IN | 70 | 34 | 30.3 | $1.1M | +0.5% | #362 of 2,405 |
| 15Spencer County, IN | 70 | 33 | 40.9 | $907K | +1.2% | #380 of 2,405 |
| 16Jennings County, IN | 69 | 33 | 30.2 | $1.2M | +0.1% | #395 of 2,405 |
| 17Tipton County, IN | 68 | 22 | 35.1 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #421 of 2,405 |
| 18Dearborn County, IN | 68 | 86 | 42.4 | $937K | +1.7% | #431 of 2,405 |
| 19Noble County, IN | 67 | 71 | 39.1 | $936K | +1.0% | #459 of 2,405 |
| 20Putnam County, IN | 67 | 64 | 45.3 | $833K | +3.2% | #466 of 2,405 |
| 21Jasper County, IN | 67 | 60 | 47.0 | $805K | +3.0% | #470 of 2,405 |
| 22Posey County, IN | 66 | 33 | 31.3 | $1.3M | −0.8% | #475 of 2,405 |
| 23Scott County, IN | 66 | 39 | 39.6 | $836K | +2.8% | #495 of 2,405 |
| 24Adams County, IN | 65 | 44 | 35.5 | $1M | +2.2% | #518 of 2,405 |
| 25Carroll County, IN | 65 | 31 | 38.3 | $930K | +1.6% | #523 of 2,405 |
Show all 92 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Johnson County, IN | 65 | 325 | 52.0 | $825K | +7.4% | #535 of 2,405 |
| 27Huntington County, IN | 64 | 54 | 35.1 | $1M | +1.6% | #557 of 2,405 |
| 28Shelby County, IN | 64 | 71 | 38.5 | $973K | +1.8% | #559 of 2,405 |
| 29Fountain County, IN | 64 | 27 | 38.9 | $864K | +3.2% | #568 of 2,405 |
| 30Jackson County, IN | 63 | 77 | 42.5 | $866K | +1.9% | #620 of 2,405 |
| 31Allen County, IN | 63 | 737 | 47.1 | $795K | +4.2% | #626 of 2,405 |
| 32Bartholomew County, IN | 63 | 178 | 53.4 | $752K | +4.3% | #634 of 2,405 |
| 33Clark County, IN | 63 | 269 | 52.5 | $721K | +7.5% | #641 of 2,405 |
| 34Porter County, IN | 62 | 317 | 46.2 | $909K | +1.6% | #651 of 2,405 |
| 35Parke County, IN | 62 | 29 | 47.2 | $742K | +3.0% | #684 of 2,405 |
| 36DeKalb County, IN | 61 | 75 | 43.9 | $845K | +2.9% | #708 of 2,405 |
| 37Fayette County, IN | 60 | 30 | 31.8 | $1M | +0.7% | #728 of 2,405 |
| 38Decatur County, IN | 60 | 49 | 45.7 | $822K | +0.4% | #743 of 2,405 |
| 39Blackford County, IN | 59 | 16 | 30.9 | $1.1M | −3.1% | #765 of 2,405 |
| 40Vermillion County, IN | 59 | 24 | 36.4 | $917K | +0.6% | #772 of 2,405 |
| 41Greene County, IN | 59 | 50 | 38.1 | $880K | +1.2% | #775 of 2,405 |
| 42Daviess County, IN | 59 | 53 | 44.9 | $811K | +2.5% | #778 of 2,405 |
| 43Henry County, IN | 58 | 76 | 40.8 | $838K | +0.5% | #812 of 2,405 |
| 44Madison County, IN | 58 | 228 | 42.7 | $811K | +3.8% | #819 of 2,405 |
| 45Floyd County, IN | 58 | 168 | 52.6 | $767K | +2.0% | #824 of 2,405 |
| 46Starke County, IN | 57 | 32 | 35.6 | $933K | +0.1% | #843 of 2,405 |
| 47Brown County, IN | 56 | 28 | 41.3 | $944K | +1.9% | #888 of 2,405 |
| 48Miami County, IN | 55 | 43 | 32.3 | $1.1M | −3.9% | #929 of 2,405 |
| 49Clay County, IN | 55 | 41 | 38.9 | $953K | −0.1% | #931 of 2,405 |
| 50Rush County, IN | 55 | 25 | 37.1 | $925K | 0.0% | #933 of 2,405 |
| 51Pike County, IN | 53 | 22 | 43.8 | $834K | −2.0% | #1,029 of 2,405 |
| 52Marshall County, IN | 53 | 85 | 47.9 | $764K | +1.2% | #1,037 of 2,405 |
| 53Clinton County, IN | 52 | 59 | 47.2 | $749K | +0.4% | #1,091 of 2,405 |
| 54Montgomery County, IN | 52 | 81 | 51.9 | $710K | +2.7% | #1,097 of 2,405 |
| 55Jay County, IN | 51 | 28 | 35.9 | $899K | −1.8% | #1,117 of 2,405 |
| 56Wabash County, IN | 51 | 56 | 44.2 | $807K | −0.7% | #1,127 of 2,405 |
| 57Newton County, IN | 51 | 25 | 43.7 | $802K | +2.9% | #1,128 of 2,405 |
| 58Lake County, IN | 50 | 1,095 | 56.1 | $678K | +1.1% | #1,178 of 2,405 |
| 59Randolph County, IN | 49 | 36 | 34.7 | $952K | +0.1% | #1,195 of 2,405 |
| 60Elkhart County, IN | 49 | 353 | 48.8 | $753K | +0.9% | #1,217 of 2,405 |
| 61Delaware County, IN | 49 | 205 | 44.3 | $738K | +1.2% | #1,222 of 2,405 |
| 62Knox County, IN | 48 | 69 | 45.5 | $763K | −1.7% | #1,265 of 2,405 |
| 63Kosciusko County, IN | 47 | 169 | 52.9 | $718K | +0.9% | #1,312 of 2,405 |
| 64Tippecanoe County, IN | 46 | 380 | 50.1 | $703K | +2.2% | #1,362 of 2,405 |
| 65Howard County, IN | 45 | 179 | 50.3 | $697K | +0.4% | #1,419 of 2,405 |
| 66Ripley County, IN | 45 | 62 | 53.8 | $683K | +1.6% | #1,423 of 2,405 |
| 67Jefferson County, IN | 44 | 65 | 50.8 | $692K | +0.6% | #1,460 of 2,405 |
| 68Gibson County, IN | 43 | 67 | 49.9 | $731K | +0.1% | #1,484 of 2,405 |
| 69Perry County, IN | 42 | 33 | 42.5 | $791K | +1.2% | #1,518 of 2,405 |
| 70Grant County, IN | 42 | 121 | 45.2 | $708K | 0.0% | #1,526 of 2,405 |
| 71St. Joseph County, IN | 42 | 582 | 54.3 | $678K | +0.1% | #1,536 of 2,405 |
| 72Dubois County, IN | 41 | 101 | 57.5 | $680K | +0.9% | #1,585 of 2,405 |
| 73Pulaski County, IN | 39 | 22 | 44.4 | $792K | −0.4% | #1,662 of 2,405 |
| 74Monroe County, IN | 39 | 342 | 57.7 | $636K | +1.9% | #1,689 of 2,405 |
| 75LaPorte County, IN | 37 | 246 | 56.4 | $657K | −0.9% | #1,761 of 2,405 |
| 76Marion County, IN | 37 | 2,597 | 64.9 | $567K | +1.6% | #1,777 of 2,405 |
| 77Cass County, IN | 35 | 78 | 51.9 | $631K | +0.1% | #1,829 of 2,405 |
| 78Vanderburgh County, IN | 35 | 463 | 59.2 | $591K | +0.9% | #1,841 of 2,405 |
| 79Wayne County, IN | 34 | 129 | 47.8 | $691K | −0.5% | #1,867 of 2,405 |
| 80Sullivan County, IN | 34 | 41 | 52.3 | $634K | +0.1% | #1,876 of 2,405 |
| 81Steuben County, IN | 34 | 86 | 61.2 | $615K | +1.0% | #1,882 of 2,405 |
| 82White County, IN | 34 | 67 | 65.3 | $548K | +2.0% | #1,895 of 2,405 |
| 83Vigo County, IN | 32 | 220 | 51.9 | $627K | +0.4% | #1,956 of 2,405 |
| 84Crawford County, IN | 27 | 22 | 48.0 | $635K | −0.2% | #2,144 of 2,405 |
| 85Orange County, IN | 27 | 48 | 60.2 | $574K | −0.1% | #2,150 of 2,405 |
| 86Fulton County, IN | 26 | 49 | 60.9 | $582K | −1.9% | #2,173 of 2,405 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Not scored | 16 | 41.3 | $859K | +3.1% | |
| Martin County, IN | Not scored | 16 | 41.0 | $869K | +0.5% | |
| Benton County, IN | Not scored | 14 | 40.5 | $902K | +2.0% | |
| Warren County, IN | Not scored | 9 | 26.8 | $1.5M | +0.6% | |
| Union County, IN | Not scored | 15 | 51.0 | $735K | −3.1% | |
| Ohio County, IN | Not scored | 18 | 68.7 | $517K | +1.2% |
Markets with fewer than 5 sit-down restaurants on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Indiana?
There are 13,715 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Indiana as of September 2026. 5,173 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 4,796 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 0.1% from 2019. Official counts also show 800 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Indiana spend on food away from home?
About $10.3B a year, or $3,802 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13,715 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $753K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,716,009 households in Indiana and national spending patterns by income.
How does Indiana compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Indiana has 50.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $753K, 13% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Indiana would have about 15,561, against 13,715 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 566 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
Which market in Indiana has the highest market score for sit-down restaurants?
Among 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Indiana, the Fort Wayne metro area scores highest, at 71 (upper middle). Among 25 scored small-town markets in or partly in Indiana, the Bedford area scores highest, at 84 (high). Among 86 scored counties in Indiana, Hancock County scores highest, at 88 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.
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. Indiana scores 59 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #15 of the 50 states and DC.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Indiana. It maps the sit-down restaurants on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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