Food and drink · Metro area · Texas
Sit-down restaurants in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area
How the College Station-Bryan, TX 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #285 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 694
- 236 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 178
- +10.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $370.4M
- On food away from home · $3,505 a household
- Spending per listing
- $534K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.7
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,476
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the College Station-Bryan metro area spend about $370.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,505 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $534K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 694 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the College Station-Bryan metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 236 are chain locations, or 34%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 65.7 per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the College Station-Bryan metro area was 178 in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. That is one for every 594 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $12.4M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the College Station-Bryan metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the College Station-Bryan metro area grew 6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the College Station-Bryan metro area is 39 (lower middle), #285 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the College Station-Bryan metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | College Station-Bryan metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.7 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $534K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 594 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.6% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,505 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,087 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 178+10.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,082
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $109.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 694236 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 558The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $12.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the College Station-Bryan 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 College Station-Bryan metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,476+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 105,688
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,100 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $60,087+19.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,122
- Median home value
- $279,700
- Jobs located here
- 128,204
- Daytime population
- 289,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Texas, with the College Station-Bryan metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 65 | 6,730 | 68.0 | $669K | +14.0% | #84 of 387 |
| 2Sherman-Denison, TX | 56 | 360 | 65.2 | $571K | +12.8% | #142 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 55 | 459 | 65.9 | $660K | +9.8% | #148 of 387 |
| 4Killeen-Temple, TX | 55 | 958 | 53.9 | $657K | +7.2% | #149 of 387 |
| 5Wichita Falls, TX | 52 | 282 | 49.7 | $705K | +0.7% | #171 of 387 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 51 | 20,183 | 69.8 | $614K | +10.6% | #183 of 387 |
| 7Odessa, TX | 51 | 393 | 60.9 | $607K | +5.0% | #184 of 387 |
| 8Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 47 | 18,794 | 70.6 | $582K | +10.3% | #218 of 387 |
| 9Lubbock, TX | 45 | 786 | 55.9 | $630K | +4.6% | #233 of 387 |
| 10San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 44 | 6,545 | 67.6 | $572K | +9.5% | #241 of 387 |
| 16College Station-Bryan, TX | 39 | 694 | 65.7 | $534K | +6.9% | #285 of 387 |
Other business types in the College Station-Bryan metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops30
- Pizza48
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 694 sit-down restaurants in the College Station-Bryan metro area. 236 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 178 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area spend on food away from home?
About $370.4M a year, or $3,505 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 694 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $534K 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 105,688 households in the College Station-Bryan metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The College Station-Bryan metro area has 65.7 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $534K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the College Station-Bryan metro area would have about 558, against 694 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 594 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the College Station-Bryan, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the College Station-Bryan metro area at 287,476 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,688 households. Median household income in the College Station-Bryan metro area is $60,087, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.6%, 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. The College Station-Bryan metro area scores 39 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #285 of 387 scored metro areas.
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