Food and drink · Metro area · Oregon
Sit-down restaurants in the Bend, OR metro area
How the Bend, OR metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #201 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 667
- 113 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 269
- +8.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $443.6M
- On food away from home · $4,244 a household
- Spending per listing
- $665K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 63.8
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 266,376
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 667 sit-down restaurants in the Bend metro area. 113 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 63.8, 4% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Bend metro area comes to about $443.6M a year: $4,244 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 667 sit-down restaurants, that is $665K per restaurant, in line with 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 269 businesses with payroll in the Bend metro area classed as full-service restaurants, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 389 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Bend metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bend metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the Bend metro area is 49 (lower middle), #201 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Bend metro area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Bend metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 63.8 | 64.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $665K | $627K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 389 | 405 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.5% | −5.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,244 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $89,788 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 269+8.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,632
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $153.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 667113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 669The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Bend metro area, 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 the Bend metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 266,376+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 104,529
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 7,778 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $89,788
- Average household income
- $121,236
- Median home value
- $602,600
- Jobs located here
- 104,129
- Daytime population
- 248,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Bend metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany, OR | 67 | 224 | 44.2 | $825K | +3.0% | #64 of 387 |
| 2Corvallis, OR | 57 | 209 | 54.2 | $732K | +4.4% | #134 of 387 |
| 3Bend, OR | 49 | 667 | 63.8 | $665K | +7.0% | #201 of 387 |
| 4Salem, OR | 48 | 865 | 54.1 | $721K | +2.7% | #208 of 387 |
| 5Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 42 | 6,676 | 66.1 | $673K | +1.0% | #259 of 387 |
| 6Grants Pass, OR | 32 | 178 | 48.5 | $716K | −0.4% | #324 of 387 |
| 7Eugene-Springfield, OR | 30 | 885 | 55.2 | $662K | −0.7% | #343 of 387 |
| 8Medford, OR | 24 | 551 | 59.9 | $622K | −0.9% | #366 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bend metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops84
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Bend, OR metro area?
The Bend metro area has 667 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 113 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 269 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. Another 35 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bend, OR metro area spend on food away from home?
About $443.6M a year, or $4,244 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 667 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $665K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,529 households in the Bend metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bend, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Bend metro area has 63.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $665K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Bend metro area would have about 669, against 667 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 389 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bend, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bend metro area at 266,376 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,529 households. The median household income in the Bend metro area is $89,788 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Bend metro area scores 49 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #201 of 387 scored metro areas.
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