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Sit-down restaurants in Franklin County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Franklin County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,010 of 2,405 scored counties
#63 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 3,295
- 1,062 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 936
- +3.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.2B
- On food away from home · $3,997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $671K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 59.6
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,361,536
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3,295 sit-down restaurants in Franklin County. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 59.6, 3% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Franklin County comes to about $2.2B a year: $3,997 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3,295 sit-down restaurants, that is $671K per restaurant, in line with 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 Franklin County was 936 in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 591 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 185 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 88 SBA-backed loans worth $25.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Franklin County.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Franklin County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,010 of 2,405 scored counties and #63 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Franklin County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 59.6 | 48.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $671K | $783K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 591 | 632 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.9% | +0.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,997 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,176 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 901 → 936+3.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 25,093
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $655.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 185Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3,2951,062 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3,332The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 88
- Amount
- $25.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,361,536+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 553,099
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,504
- Median household income
- $75,176+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,381
- Median home value
- $288,400
- Jobs located here
- 814,719
- Daytime population
- 1,507,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Franklin County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 95 | 83 | 34.3 | $1.4M | +16.5% | #5 of 2,405 |
| 2Pickaway County, OH | 89 | 58 | 26.5 | $1.5M | +7.4% | #27 of 2,405 |
| 3Morrow County, OH | 88 | 28 | 20.8 | $1.9M | +3.7% | #34 of 2,405 |
| 4Fairfield County, OH | 85 | 218 | 36.1 | $1.2M | +6.5% | #60 of 2,405 |
| 5Madison County, OH | 85 | 65 | 41.4 | $1M | +7.1% | #67 of 2,405 |
| 6Warren County, OH | 84 | 368 | 40.0 | $1.2M | +5.7% | #71 of 2,405 |
| 7Clermont County, OH | 81 | 318 | 37.4 | $1.1M | +3.9% | #109 of 2,405 |
| 8Holmes County, OH | 78 | 42 | 31.4 | $1.3M | +1.7% | #156 of 2,405 |
| 9Knox County, OH | 78 | 82 | 34.9 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #160 of 2,405 |
| 10Lorain County, OH | 78 | 486 | 38.1 | $1M | +3.1% | #166 of 2,405 |
| 63Franklin County, OH | 54 | 3,295 | 59.6 | $671K | +2.8% | #1,010 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes51
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza48
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops65
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Franklin County, OH?
There are 3,295 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. 1,062 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 936 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. Another 185 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Franklin County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $2.2B a year, or $3,997 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3,295 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $671K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 553,099 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, OH compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Franklin County has 59.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $671K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Franklin County would have about 3,332, against 3,295 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 591 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 1,361,536 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 553,099 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $75,176 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.6% 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. Franklin County scores 54 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,010 of 2,405 scored counties.
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