Food and drink · Small-town market · Nebraska
Sit-down restaurants in the Beatrice, NE area
The sit-down restaurants in the Beatrice, NE area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #127 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 48
- 20 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.4M
- On food away from home · $3,585 a household
- Spending per listing
- $697K
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 51.5
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,711
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Beatrice area spend about $33.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,585 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $697K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Beatrice area has 48 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 51.5 for every 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Beatrice area in 2023. That is one for every 848 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show the Beatrice area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Beatrice area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #127 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Beatrice area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Beatrice area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 51.5 | 51.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $697K | $762K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 848 | 555 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,585 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,247 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 121
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4820 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The 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 the Beatrice 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 Beatrice area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,711+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,327
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 852 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,338
- Median home value
- $174,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,371
- Daytime population
- 18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Beatrice area marked.
Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, NE | 74 | 90 | 51.8 | $727K | +3.8% | #53 of 538 |
| 2Beatrice, NE | 64 | 48 | 51.5 | $697K | +0.2% | #127 of 538 |
| 3Norfolk, NE | 63 | 98 | 50.0 | $726K | +1.1% | #137 of 538 |
| 4Hastings, NE | 61 | 77 | 45.1 | $817K | −0.2% | #153 of 538 |
| 5Fremont, NE | 61 | 73 | 48.1 | $772K | +2.6% | #157 of 538 |
| 6Kearney, NE | 60 | 124 | 54.4 | $708K | +1.9% | #167 of 538 |
| 7Lexington, NE | 52 | 53 | 53.1 | $699K | +1.1% | #247 of 538 |
| 8North Platte, NE | 48 | 81 | 53.3 | $661K | −3.6% | #293 of 538 |
| 9Scottsbluff, NE | 31 | 88 | 57.2 | $607K | −1.2% | #459 of 538 |
Other business types in the Beatrice area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops71
- Pizza48
- Coffee shops and cafes68
- Bakeries and dessert shops69
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Beatrice, NE area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 sit-down restaurants in the Beatrice area. 20 of them (42%) 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Beatrice, NE area spend on food away from home?
About $33.4M a year, or $3,585 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $697K 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 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Beatrice, NE area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Beatrice area has 51.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $697K, 5% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Beatrice area would have about 50, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 848 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is the Beatrice, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. 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 Beatrice area scores 64 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #127 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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