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Sit-down restaurants in Cleveland County, OK
How Cleveland 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #915 of 2,405 scored counties
#13 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 618
- 280 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 189
- +0.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $442.3M
- On food away from home · $3,787 a household
- Spending per listing
- $716K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 303,973
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 618 sit-down restaurants in Cleveland County. 280 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 52.9, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Cleveland County spend about $442.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,787 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $716K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 8% above 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.
Official counts show 189 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Cleveland County in 2023, up 0.5% from 2019. That is one for every 618 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Cleveland County.
Population estimates show Cleveland County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Cleveland County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #915 of 2,405 scored counties and #13 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Cleveland 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 | Cleveland County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.9 | 58.8 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $716K | $599K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 618 | 522 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.5% | +3.2% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,787 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,068 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 188 → 189+0.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,026
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $104M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 618280 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 667The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 303,973+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 116,799
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 539 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 557
- Median household income
- $77,068+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,350
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 94,350
- Daytime population
- 271,685Residents 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 Cleveland 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 |
| 13Cleveland County, OK | 56 | 618 | 52.9 | $716K | +2.6% | #915 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Cleveland 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 shops51
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Cleveland County, OK?
There are 618 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Cleveland County as of September 2026. 280 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 189 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 0.5% from 2019. Official counts also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cleveland County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $442.3M a year, or $3,787 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 618 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $716K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 116,799 households in Cleveland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cleveland County, OK compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Cleveland County has 52.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $716K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Cleveland County would have about 667, against 618 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 618 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Cleveland County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Cleveland County at 303,973 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,799 households. The median household income in Cleveland County is $77,068 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% 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. Cleveland County scores 56 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #915 of 2,405 scored counties.
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