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Sit-down restaurants in the Glens Falls, NY metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Glens Falls, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #382 of 387 scored metro areas
#13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
380
74 chain locations (19%)
Official establishments
162
−9.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$207.9M
On food away from home · $3,808 a household
Spending per listing
$547K
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
69.6
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
124,373
−1.9% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Glens Falls metro area is 16 (low), #382 of 387 scored metro areas and #13 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 380 sit-down restaurants in the Glens Falls metro area. Of those, 74 are chain locations, or 19%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 69.6 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.

At $3,808 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Glens Falls metro area spend about $207.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 380 sit-down restaurants, that is $547K per restaurant, 18% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 162 businesses with payroll in the Glens Falls metro area classed as full-service restaurants, down 9.0% from 2019. That is one for every 337 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $6.5M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Glens Falls metro area. Population estimates show the Glens Falls metro area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Glens Falls metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Glens Falls, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureGlens Falls metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households69.672.561.3
Spending per listing$547K$589K$664K
Households per official establishment337392500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−9.0%−3.4%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,808$4,270$4,070
Median household income$75,836$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score1621

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
162−9.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,132
Annual payroll, 2023
$67.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
22Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
38074 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
313The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$6.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Glens Falls 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 Glens Falls metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
124,373−1.9% since 2020
Households
54,602
Median age
46.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,698 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$75,836+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,103
Median home value
$232,500
Jobs located here
49,038
Daytime population
117,382Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New York, with the Glens Falls metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Syracuse, NY571,34749.7$776K−1.3%#132 of 387
2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY542,12055.3$759K+1.9%#152 of 387
3Rochester, NY522,24850.4$768K−0.7%#166 of 387
4Binghamton, NY4842441.4$861K−1.3%#204 of 387
5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY422,69053.6$705K−0.8%#257 of 387
6Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY421,78169.9$642K+3.0%#260 of 387
7Elmira, NY3816346.2$753K−3.9%#287 of 387
8Utica-Rome, NY3162952.0$696K−2.0%#336 of 387
9Kingston, NY3150968.5$612K+1.1%#340 of 387
10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3060,91082.4$559K+0.6%#346 of 387
13Glens Falls, NY1638069.6$547K−1.9%#382 of 387

Other business types in the Glens Falls metro area

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Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in the Glens Falls, NY metro area?

There are 380 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Glens Falls metro area as of September 2026. 74 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 162 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 9.0% from 2019. Official counts list 22 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Glens Falls, NY metro area spend on food away from home?

About $207.9M a year, or $3,808 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 380 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $547K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,602 households in the Glens Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Glens Falls, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

The Glens Falls metro area has 69.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $547K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Glens Falls metro area would have about 313, against 380 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 337 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is the Glens Falls, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Glens Falls metro area at 124,373 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,602 households. The median household income in the Glens Falls metro area is $75,836 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. The Glens Falls metro area scores 16 for sit-down restaurants (low), #382 of 387 scored metro areas.

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