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Sit-down restaurants in Pittsburg County, OK

How Pittsburg 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #2,101 of 2,405 scored counties
#45 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
84
33 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
36
+12.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$56.2M
On food away from home · $3,149 a household
Spending per listing
$669K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
47.1
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,320
−1.1% 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, Pittsburg County has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #2,101 of 2,405 scored counties and #45 of 57 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Pittsburg County comes to about $56.2M a year: $3,149 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $669K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

There are 84 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Pittsburg County as of September 2026. 33 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 47.1 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Pittsburg County in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 496 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $565K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Pittsburg County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pittsburg County declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasurePittsburg CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households47.158.861.3
Spending per listing$669K$599K$664K
Households per official establishment496522500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.5%+3.2%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,149$3,519$4,070
Median household income$55,310$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score2836

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
32 → 36+12.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
453
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8433 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$565K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
43,320−1.1% since 2020
Households
17,851
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,306 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$55,310+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,775
Median home value
$156,900
Jobs located here
12,742
Daytime population
42,726Residents 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 Pittsburg 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
45Pittsburg County, OK288447.1$669K−1.1%#2,101 of 2,405

Other business types in Pittsburg County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 84 sit-down restaurants in Pittsburg County. 33 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $56.2M a year, or $3,149 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $669K 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 17,851 households in Pittsburg County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pittsburg County has 47.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $669K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Pittsburg County would have about 85, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 496 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Pittsburg County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Pittsburg County at 43,320 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,851 households. Median household income in Pittsburg County is $55,310, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.2%, 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. Pittsburg County scores 28 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #2,101 of 2,405 scored counties.

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