Food and drink · Metro area · New Hampshire
Sit-down restaurants in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #72 of 387 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 844
- 198 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 365
- +2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $780.9M
- On food away from home · $4,628 a household
- Spending per listing
- $925K
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,415
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,628 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Manchester-Nashua metro area spend about $780.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $925K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 844 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Manchester-Nashua metro area as of September 2026. 198 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 50.0, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Manchester-Nashua metro area was 365 in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 462 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 30 SBA-backed loans worth $13.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Manchester-Nashua metro area.
Population estimates show the Manchester-Nashua metro area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, the Manchester-Nashua metro area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #72 of 387 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in New Hampshire. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Manchester-Nashua metro area 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 | Manchester-Nashua metro area | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.0 | 55.6 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $925K | $808K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 462 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.0% | +1.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,628 | $4,493 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $103,545 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 365+2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,223
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $239.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 844198 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,177The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 30
- Amount
- $13.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Manchester-Nashua metro 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 Manchester-Nashua metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,415+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 168,740
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 877 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 486
- Median household income
- $103,545+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,601
- Median home value
- $421,100
- Jobs located here
- 221,067
- Daytime population
- 417,173Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Hampshire market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Hampshire for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New Hampshire (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Manchester-Nashua metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Manchester-Nashua, NH | 66 | 844 | 50.0 | $925K | +2.5% | #72 of 387 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 59 | 12,172 | 62.7 | $788K | +2.3% | #116 of 387 |
Other business types in the Manchester-Nashua metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes70
- Sit-down restaurants66
- Fast food and sandwich shops82
- Pizza59
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 844 sit-down restaurants in the Manchester-Nashua metro area. 198 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 365 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. Official counts list 41 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area spend on food away from home?
About $780.9M a year, or $4,628 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 844 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $925K 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 168,740 households in the Manchester-Nashua metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Manchester-Nashua metro area has 50.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $925K, 39% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Manchester-Nashua metro area would have about 1,177, against 844 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 462 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Manchester-Nashua, NH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Manchester-Nashua metro area at 433,415 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,740 households. Median household income in the Manchester-Nashua metro area is $103,545, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. The Manchester-Nashua metro area scores 66 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #72 of 387 scored metro areas.
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