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Sit-down restaurants in Canadian County, OK
How Canadian County, OK 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 81 out of 100: High
Ranked #120 of 2,405 scored counties
#5 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 251
- 138 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 83
- −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $235.5M
- On food away from home · $4,045 a household
- Spending per listing
- $938K
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.1
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 187,189
- +20.4% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, Canadian County has a Groundwork market score of 81 (high): #120 of 2,405 scored counties and #5 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Household spending on food away from home in Canadian County comes to about $235.5M a year: $4,045 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $938K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 41% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Canadian County has 251 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.1, 30% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Canadian County in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 702 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Canadian County. Population estimates show Canadian County grew 20.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Canadian 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.
| Measure | Canadian County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.1 | 58.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $938K | $599K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 702 | 522 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | +3.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.4% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,045 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $87,751 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 81 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 83−1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,947
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $39.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 251138 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 355The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $5.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Canadian 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 Canadian County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 187,189+20.4% since 2020
- Households
- 58,227
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 897 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 188
- Median household income
- $87,751+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,273
- Median home value
- $246,200
- Jobs located here
- 39,017
- Daytime population
- 129,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Canadian County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogers County, OK | 87 | 113 | 30.8 | $1.3M | +7.1% | #50 of 2,405 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 86 | 115 | 36.6 | $1.1M | +14.6% | #57 of 2,405 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 83 | 79 | 44.3 | $909K | +11.5% | #88 of 2,405 |
| 4Grady County, OK | 81 | 60 | 29.0 | $1.3M | +7.7% | #105 of 2,405 |
| 5Canadian County, OK | 81 | 251 | 43.1 | $938K | +20.4% | #120 of 2,405 |
| 6Osage County, OK | 70 | 67 | 38.6 | $904K | +2.2% | #381 of 2,405 |
| 7Washita County, OK | 69 | 11 | 26.6 | $1.2M | −0.2% | #394 of 2,405 |
| 8Creek County, OK | 69 | 104 | 36.8 | $928K | +4.4% | #406 of 2,405 |
| 9McClain County, OK | 69 | 81 | 49.3 | $804K | +18.4% | #412 of 2,405 |
| 10Pawnee County, OK | 67 | 22 | 36.0 | $909K | +3.1% | #463 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Canadian County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes79
- Sit-down restaurants81
- Fast food and sandwich shops66
- Pizza68
- Coffee shops and cafes79
- Bakeries and dessert shops68
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Canadian County, OK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 251 sit-down restaurants in Canadian County. 138 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Canadian County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $235.5M a year, or $4,045 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 251 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $938K 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 58,227 households in Canadian County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Canadian County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Canadian County has 43.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $938K, 41% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Canadian County would have about 355, against 251 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 702 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Canadian County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Canadian County at 187,189 people in 2025, up 20.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,227 households. Median household income in Canadian County is $87,751, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Canadian County scores 81 for sit-down restaurants (high), #120 of 2,405 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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