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Sit-down restaurants in Beckham County, OK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Beckham County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,307 of 2,405 scored counties
#52 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
53
21 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$25.9M
On food away from home · $3,163 a household
Spending per listing
$489K
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
64.7
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,159
−0.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For sit-down restaurants, Beckham County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #2,307 of 2,405 scored counties and #52 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 sit-down restaurants in Beckham County. Of those, 21 are chain locations, or 40%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 64.7 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Households in Beckham County spend about $25.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,163 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $489K per restaurant, 26% 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 16 businesses with payroll in Beckham County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 512 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $272K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Beckham County. Population estimates put the population change in Beckham County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Beckham County compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Beckham County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureBeckham CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households64.758.861.3
Spending per listing$489K$599K$664K
Households per official establishment512522500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,163$3,519$4,070
Median household income$53,328$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score2036

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 16
Employees, 2023
221
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5321 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$272K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Beckham 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 Beckham County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,159−0.7% since 2020
Households
8,188
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
902 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$53,328+5.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,431
Median home value
$143,500
Jobs located here
8,119
Daytime population
22,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Beckham County marked.

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rogers County, OK8711330.8$1.3M+7.1%#50 of 2,405
2Wagoner County, OK8611536.6$1.1M+14.6%#57 of 2,405
3Logan County, OK837944.3$909K+11.5%#88 of 2,405
4Grady County, OK816029.0$1.3M+7.7%#105 of 2,405
5Canadian County, OK8125143.1$938K+20.4%#120 of 2,405
6Osage County, OK706738.6$904K+2.2%#381 of 2,405
7Washita County, OK691126.6$1.2M−0.2%#394 of 2,405
8Creek County, OK6910436.8$928K+4.4%#406 of 2,405
9McClain County, OK698149.3$804K+18.4%#412 of 2,405
10Pawnee County, OK672236.0$909K+3.1%#463 of 2,405
52Beckham County, OK205364.7$489K−0.7%#2,307 of 2,405

Other business types in Beckham County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Beckham County, OK?

There are 53 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Beckham County as of September 2026. 21 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Beckham County, OK spend on food away from home?

About $25.9M a year, or $3,163 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $489K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,188 households in Beckham County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Beckham County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Beckham County has 64.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $489K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Beckham County would have about 39, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 512 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Beckham County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Beckham County at 22,159 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,188 households. The median household income in Beckham County is $53,328 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.1% 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. Beckham County scores 20 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,307 of 2,405 scored counties.

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