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Sit-down restaurants in Johnson County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Johnson County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #346 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 1,308
- 580 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 469
- +3.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On food away from home · $4,886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $932K
- 40% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.4
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 636,906
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Johnson County comes to about $1.2B a year: $4,886 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $932K per restaurant, 40% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Johnson County has 1,308 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 52.4 per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Johnson County was 469 in 2023, up 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 532 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 51 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $18M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Johnson County.
Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Johnson County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #346 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Johnson County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Johnson County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.4 | 53.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $932K | $725K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 532 | 534 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.8% | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,886 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $109,208 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 452 → 469+3.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 14,019
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $357M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 51Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,308580 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,837The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 22
- Amount
- $18M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 636,906+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 249,531
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,310
- Median household income
- $109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,207
- Median home value
- $391,200
- Jobs located here
- 379,207
- Daytime population
- 678,980Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Johnson County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pottawatomie County, KS | 81 | 35 | 37.3 | $1.1M | +6.9% | #107 of 2,405 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 81 | 119 | 39.5 | $1.1M | +3.2% | #112 of 2,405 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 79 | 51 | 37.1 | $1.1M | +5.9% | #145 of 2,405 |
| 4Butler County, KS | 78 | 106 | 41.8 | $963K | +3.1% | #173 of 2,405 |
| 5Johnson County, KS | 71 | 1,308 | 52.4 | $932K | +4.2% | #346 of 2,405 |
| 6Jackson County, KS | 67 | 23 | 45.9 | $822K | +1.5% | #468 of 2,405 |
| 7Jefferson County, KS | 66 | 33 | 44.5 | $910K | −0.2% | #492 of 2,405 |
| 8Dickinson County, KS | 60 | 36 | 44.9 | $811K | +1.4% | #744 of 2,405 |
| 9McPherson County, KS | 58 | 57 | 46.9 | $815K | −0.4% | #816 of 2,405 |
| 10Shawnee County, KS | 58 | 354 | 46.9 | $785K | 0.0% | #823 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Johnson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants71
- Fast food and sandwich shops71
- Pizza75
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops65
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Johnson County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,308 sit-down restaurants in Johnson County. 580 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 469 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 51 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $1.2B a year, or $4,886 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,308 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $932K 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 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Johnson County has 52.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $932K, 40% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Johnson County would have about 1,837, against 1,308 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 532 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 71 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #346 of 2,405 scored counties.
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