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Sit-down restaurants in Van Wert County, OH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Van Wert County, OH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #895 of 2,405 scored counties
#53 of 88 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 49
- 16 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $40.9M
- On food away from home · $3,543 a household
- Spending per listing
- $835K
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.4
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,013
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Van Wert County comes to about $40.9M a year: $3,543 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 49 sit-down restaurants, that is $835K per restaurant, 26% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Van Wert County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 42.4, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Van Wert County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 642 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Van Wert County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Van Wert County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #895 of 2,405 scored counties and #53 of 88 scored counties in Ohio.
How Van Wert 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 | Van Wert County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 42.4 | 48.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $835K | $783K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 642 | 632 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,543 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,917 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 268
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4916 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Van Wert 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 Van Wert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,013+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 11,549
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 409 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $67,917+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,591
- Median home value
- $152,000
- Jobs located here
- 11,293
- Daytime population
- 25,207Residents 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 Van Wert 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 |
| 53Van Wert County, OH | 56 | 49 | 42.4 | $835K | +0.3% | #895 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Van Wert County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes56
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
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 Van Wert County, OH?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 sit-down restaurants in Van Wert County. 16 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Van Wert County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $40.9M a year, or $3,543 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $835K 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 11,549 households in Van Wert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Wert County, OH compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Van Wert County has 42.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $835K, 26% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Van Wert County would have about 62, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 642 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Van Wert County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Van Wert County at 29,013 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,549 households. Median household income in Van Wert County is $67,917, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Van Wert County scores 56 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #895 of 2,405 scored counties.
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