Food and drink · County · New Hampshire
Sit-down restaurants in Grafton County, NH
How Grafton County, NH compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,774 of 2,405 scored counties
#9 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 266
- 45 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 134
- +0.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $157.2M
- On food away from home · $4,236 a household
- Spending per listing
- $591K
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 71.7
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 93,225
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 266 sit-down restaurants in Grafton County. 45 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 71.7 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Grafton County spend about $157.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,236 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $591K per restaurant, 11% below 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 Grafton County was 134 in 2023, up 0.8% from 2019. That is one for every 277 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $4.9M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Grafton County.
Population estimates put the population change in Grafton County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Grafton County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,774 of 2,405 scored counties and #9 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.
How Grafton 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 | Grafton County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 71.7 | 55.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $591K | $808K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 277 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.8% | +1.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,236 | $4,493 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $88,261 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 133 → 134+0.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,510
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $79.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26645 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 237The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $4.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Grafton 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 Grafton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 93,225+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 37,107
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,709 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $88,261+39.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $125,563
- Median home value
- $344,500
- Jobs located here
- 53,397
- Daytime population
- 103,226Residents 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 Grafton 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 Grafton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops63
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Grafton County, NH?
Grafton County has 266 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 45 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 134 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 0.8% from 2019. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grafton County, NH spend on food away from home?
About $157.2M a year, or $4,236 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 266 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $591K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,107 households in Grafton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grafton County, NH compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Grafton County has 71.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $591K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Grafton County would have about 237, against 266 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 277 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Grafton County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Grafton County at 93,225 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,107 households. The median household income in Grafton County is $88,261 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.2% 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. Grafton County scores 37 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,774 of 2,405 scored counties.
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