Food and drink · Small-town market · Kentucky
Sit-down restaurants in the Corbin, KY area
How the Corbin, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #195 of 538 scored small-town markets
#7 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 212
- 123 chain locations (58%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- +10.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $165.9M
- On food away from home · $2,934 a household
- Spending per listing
- $782K
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 37.5
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 150,040
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 212 sit-down restaurants in the Corbin area. Chain locations make up 58% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 37.5, 39% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $2,934 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in the Corbin area spend about $165.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $782K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 18% 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 the Corbin area was 65 in 2023, up 10.2% from 2019. That is one for every 870 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Corbin area.
Population estimates show the Corbin area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Corbin area is 57 (upper middle), #195 of 538 scored small-town markets and #7 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.
How the Corbin area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Corbin area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 37.5 | 49.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $782K | $707K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 870 | 646 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.2% | +1.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,934 | $3,489 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $46,363 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65+10.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,511
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 212123 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 250The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Corbin 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 Corbin area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 150,040+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 56,536
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,727 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 87
- Median household income
- $46,363
- Average household income
- $63,136
- Median home value
- $134,600
- Jobs located here
- 54,326
- Daytime population
- 151,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Corbin area marked.
Top small-town markets in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richmond-Berea, KY | 77 | 191 | 38.5 | $867K | +7.0% | #32 of 538 |
| 2Campbellsville, KY | 75 | 49 | 33.4 | $941K | +3.4% | #42 of 538 |
| 3Frankfort, KY | 75 | 132 | 40.8 | $874K | +3.1% | #43 of 538 |
| 4Mount Sterling, KY | 72 | 67 | 36.9 | $860K | +3.1% | #61 of 538 |
| 5Danville, KY | 62 | 104 | 47.8 | $675K | +3.6% | #144 of 538 |
| 6Mayfield, KY | 59 | 58 | 41.0 | $765K | +1.4% | #175 of 538 |
| 7Corbin, KY | 57 | 212 | 37.5 | $782K | +0.1% | #195 of 538 |
| 8Madisonville, KY | 56 | 74 | 40.2 | $784K | −0.5% | #200 of 538 |
| 9Somerset, KY | 55 | 123 | 46.9 | $659K | +3.5% | #218 of 538 |
| 10Glasgow, KY | 48 | 102 | 46.1 | $669K | +2.6% | #291 of 538 |
Other business types in the Corbin area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza22
- Coffee shops and cafes66
- Bakeries and dessert shops63
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Corbin, KY area?
The Corbin area has 212 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 123 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Corbin, KY area spend on food away from home?
About $165.9M a year, or $2,934 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 212 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $782K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 56,536 households in the Corbin area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Corbin, KY area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Corbin area has 37.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $782K, 18% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Corbin area would have about 250, against 212 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 870 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Corbin, KY area growing?
Population estimates put the Corbin area at 150,040 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,536 households. The median household income in the Corbin area is $46,363 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Corbin area scores 57 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #195 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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