Food and drink · County · New Hampshire
Sit-down restaurants in Cheshire County, NH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Cheshire County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #822 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 153
- 28 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 60
- −7.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $123.1M
- On food away from home · $4,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $805K
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,269
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 153 sit-down restaurants in Cheshire County. Of those, 28 are chain locations, or 18%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 50.0, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Cheshire County comes to about $123.1M a year: $4,020 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 153 sit-down restaurants, that is $805K per restaurant, 21% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in Cheshire County classed as full-service restaurants, down 7.7% from 2019. That is one for every 510 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $250K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Cheshire County.
Population estimates show Cheshire County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cheshire County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #822 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.
How Cheshire County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Cheshire County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.0 | 55.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $805K | $808K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 510 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.7% | +1.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,020 | $4,493 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,329 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65 → 60−7.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15328 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 186The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $250K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,269+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 30,620
- Median age
- 44.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,430
- Median home value
- $280,100
- Jobs located here
- 32,125
- Daytime population
- 72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Hampshire market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Cheshire County marked.
Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sullivan County, NH | 72 | 64 | 38.5 | $1M | +2.1% | #318 of 2,405 |
| 2Strafford County, NH | 70 | 224 | 43.0 | $996K | +3.0% | #368 of 2,405 |
| 3Merrimack County, NH | 67 | 257 | 42.2 | $1M | +2.6% | #451 of 2,405 |
| 4Hillsborough County, NH | 63 | 844 | 50.0 | $925K | +2.5% | #615 of 2,405 |
| 5Cheshire County, NH | 58 | 153 | 50.0 | $805K | +2.3% | #822 of 2,405 |
| 6Rockingham County, NH | 52 | 875 | 68.6 | $724K | +3.0% | #1,094 of 2,405 |
| 7Belknap County, NH | 45 | 162 | 61.5 | $691K | +2.1% | #1,421 of 2,405 |
| 8Carroll County, NH | 39 | 165 | 75.5 | $546K | +5.0% | #1,701 of 2,405 |
| 9Grafton County, NH | 37 | 266 | 71.7 | $591K | +2.2% | #1,774 of 2,405 |
| 10Coos County, NH | 23 | 81 | 57.8 | $573K | +0.4% | #2,246 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Cheshire County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes58
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza65
- Coffee shops and cafes52
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Cheshire County, NH?
Cheshire County has 153 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 7.7% from 2019. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cheshire County, NH spend on food away from home?
About $123.1M a year, or $4,020 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 153 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $805K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,620 households in Cheshire County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cheshire County, NH compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Cheshire County has 50.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $805K, 21% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Cheshire County would have about 186, against 153 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 510 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Cheshire County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Cheshire County at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. The median household income in Cheshire County is $83,329 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Cheshire County scores 58 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #822 of 2,405 scored counties.
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