Food and drink · County · North Carolina
Sit-down restaurants in Davie County, NC
How Davie County, NC 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 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #219 of 2,405 scored counties
#11 of 96 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 57
- 22 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- −6.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $66.4M
- On food away from home · $3,847 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 33.0
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,855
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Davie County has a Groundwork market score of 76 (high): #219 of 2,405 scored counties and #11 of 96 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Household spending on food away from home in Davie County comes to about $66.4M a year: $3,847 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 57 sit-down restaurants, that is $1.2M per restaurant, 76% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Davie County has 57 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 33.0, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Davie County in 2023, down 6.2% from 2019. That is one for every 576 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $752K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Davie County. Population estimates put the population change in Davie County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Davie County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Davie County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 33.0 | 53.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $709K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 576 | 501 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.2% | +6.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,847 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,057 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 30−6.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 483
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5722 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 100The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $752K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Davie 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 Davie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,855+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,270
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 264 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 167
- Median household income
- $75,057+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,451
- Median home value
- $253,900
- Jobs located here
- 14,711
- Daytime population
- 38,768Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Davie County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Camden County, NC | 92 | 13 | 32.4 | $1.2M | +8.8% | #13 of 2,405 |
| 2Franklin County, NC | 89 | 78 | 27.3 | $1.3M | +18.8% | #28 of 2,405 |
| 3Chatham County, NC | 87 | 117 | 35.5 | $1.3M | +11.0% | #49 of 2,405 |
| 4Hoke County, NC | 84 | 54 | 28.0 | $1.2M | +9.0% | #70 of 2,405 |
| 5Union County, NC | 84 | 344 | 40.8 | $1.1M | +11.7% | #74 of 2,405 |
| 6Lincoln County, NC | 82 | 145 | 39.4 | $1M | +13.2% | #95 of 2,405 |
| 7Johnston County, NC | 82 | 348 | 40.7 | $972K | +17.9% | #96 of 2,405 |
| 8Harnett County, NC | 81 | 168 | 33.7 | $1.1M | +12.3% | #113 of 2,405 |
| 9Granville County, NC | 77 | 77 | 34.3 | $1.1M | +2.1% | #189 of 2,405 |
| 10Person County, NC | 77 | 55 | 34.2 | $1M | +3.7% | #193 of 2,405 |
| 11Davie County, NC | 76 | 57 | 33.0 | $1.2M | +6.9% | #219 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Davie County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes83
- Sit-down restaurants76
- Fast food and sandwich shops71
- Pizza83
- Coffee shops and cafes88
- Bakeries and dessert shops86
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Davie County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 sit-down restaurants in Davie County. 22 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 6.2% from 2019. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Davie County, NC spend on food away from home?
About $66.4M a year, or $3,847 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 17,270 households in Davie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Davie County, NC compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Davie County has 33.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1.2M, 76% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Davie County would have about 100, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 576 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Davie County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Davie County at 45,855 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,270 households. Median household income in Davie County is $75,057, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. Davie County scores 76 for sit-down restaurants (high), #219 of 2,405 scored counties.
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