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Sit-down restaurants in Lyon County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Lyon County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 18
- 8 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On food away from home · $3,528 a household
- Spending per listing
- $670K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.6
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,123
- +5.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 sit-down restaurants in Lyon County. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 52.6 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,528 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Lyon County spend about $12.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $670K per restaurant, in line with 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.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Lyon County in 2023. That is one for every 311 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Lyon County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Lyon 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.
| Measure | Lyon County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.6 | 49.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $670K | $707K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 311 | 646 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,528 | $3,489 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,066 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 247
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 188 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,123+5.2% since 2020
- Households
- 3,419
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 214 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $65,066
- Average household income
- $86,212
- Median home value
- $189,500
- Jobs located here
- 2,324
- Daytime population
- 8,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lyon County?
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Lyon County marked.
Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spencer County, KY | 95 | 18 | 24.6 | $1.8M | +7.7% | #4 of 2,405 |
| 2Oldham County, KY | 88 | 79 | 34.3 | $1.5M | +4.9% | #36 of 2,405 |
| 3Bullitt County, KY | 88 | 97 | 30.6 | $1.3M | +5.0% | #40 of 2,405 |
| 4Jessamine County, KY | 83 | 66 | 33.1 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #85 of 2,405 |
| 5Grant County, KY | 78 | 28 | 30.4 | $1.1M | +4.7% | #158 of 2,405 |
| 6Henry County, KY | 77 | 15 | 24.4 | $1.4M | +4.8% | #183 of 2,405 |
| 7Meade County, KY | 77 | 37 | 33.6 | $1.1M | +2.2% | #187 of 2,405 |
| 8Allen County, KY | 77 | 24 | 29.9 | $1.1M | +9.5% | #190 of 2,405 |
| 9Lincoln County, KY | 76 | 23 | 23.7 | $1.3M | +4.6% | #211 of 2,405 |
| 10Shelby County, KY | 75 | 72 | 39.0 | $1M | +6.2% | #242 of 2,405 |
| Lyon County, KY | Not scored | 18 | 52.6 | $670K | +5.2% |
Other business types in Lyon County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Lyon County, KY?
Lyon County has 18 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Lyon County, KY spend on food away from home?
About $12.1M a year, or $3,528 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $670K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,419 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, KY compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Lyon County has 52.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $670K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 311 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 9,123 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,419 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $65,066 a year, 19% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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