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Sit-down restaurants in Greenup County, KY

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Greenup County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #603 of 2,405 scored counties
#33 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
45
23 chain locations (51%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$49M
On food away from home · $3,326 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
64% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
30.5
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,213
−1.9% 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

At $3,326 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Greenup County spend about $49M a year on food away from home. Spread across 45 sit-down restaurants, that is $1.1M per restaurant, 64% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Greenup County has 45 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 23 are chain locations, or 51%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 30.5, 50% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Greenup County in 2023. That is one for every 983 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Greenup County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For sit-down restaurants, Greenup County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #603 of 2,405 scored counties and #33 of 99 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Greenup County 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Greenup County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureGreenup CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households30.549.361.3
Spending per listing$1.1M$707K$664K
Households per official establishment983646500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,326$3,489$4,070
Median household income$60,751$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6350

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 15
Employees, 2023
211
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
4Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4523 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Greenup 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 Greenup County

Population, 2025 estimate
35,213−1.9% since 2020
Households
14,739
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
345 sq. mi.
People per square mile
103
Median household income
$60,751+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,210
Median home value
$134,000
Jobs located here
7,184
Daytime population
29,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Greenup County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY951824.6$1.8M+7.7%#4 of 2,405
2Oldham County, KY887934.3$1.5M+4.9%#36 of 2,405
3Bullitt County, KY889730.6$1.3M+5.0%#40 of 2,405
4Jessamine County, KY836633.1$1.1M+7.8%#85 of 2,405
5Grant County, KY782830.4$1.1M+4.7%#158 of 2,405
6Henry County, KY771524.4$1.4M+4.8%#183 of 2,405
7Meade County, KY773733.6$1.1M+2.2%#187 of 2,405
8Allen County, KY772429.9$1.1M+9.5%#190 of 2,405
9Lincoln County, KY762323.7$1.3M+4.6%#211 of 2,405
10Shelby County, KY757239.0$1M+6.2%#242 of 2,405
33Greenup County, KY634530.5$1.1M−1.9%#603 of 2,405

Other business types in Greenup County

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Greenup County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 sit-down restaurants in Greenup County. 23 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Greenup County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $49M a year, or $3,326 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 14,739 households in Greenup County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greenup County, KY compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Greenup County has 30.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.1M, 64% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Greenup County would have about 74, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 983 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Greenup County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Greenup County at 35,213 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,739 households. Median household income in Greenup County is $60,751, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. Greenup County scores 63 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #603 of 2,405 scored counties.

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