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Sit-down restaurants in Frio County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Frio County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,860 of 2,405 scored counties
#113 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 55
- 21 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.3M
- On food away from home · $3,177 a household
- Spending per listing
- $314K
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.2
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,823
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Frio County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,860 of 2,405 scored counties and #113 of 162 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,177 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Frio County spend about $17.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $314K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 53% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Frio County has 55 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 101.2 for every 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Frio County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 777 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Frio County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Frio County 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 | Frio County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 101.2 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $314K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 777 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,177 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,010 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $955K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5521 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Frio 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 Frio County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,823+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,437
- Median age
- 31.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,134 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $66,010+41.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,411
- Median home value
- $107,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,133
- Daytime population
- 17,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Texas, with Frio County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 88 | 263 | 40.2 | $1M | +15.8% | #44 of 2,405 |
| 2Wilson County, TX | 86 | 79 | 43.4 | $975K | +12.2% | #58 of 2,405 |
| 3San Jacinto County, TX | 83 | 26 | 23.9 | $1.4M | +7.1% | #82 of 2,405 |
| 4Johnson County, TX | 83 | 300 | 45.8 | $878K | +20.5% | #89 of 2,405 |
| 5Parker County, TX | 82 | 274 | 48.5 | $938K | +23.5% | #98 of 2,405 |
| 6Clay County, TX | 81 | 16 | 37.3 | $1M | +5.0% | #116 of 2,405 |
| 7Randall County, TX | 81 | 227 | 40.0 | $993K | +7.9% | #118 of 2,405 |
| 8Wise County, TX | 80 | 128 | 50.9 | $828K | +21.5% | #132 of 2,405 |
| 9Kaufman County, TX | 79 | 266 | 52.2 | $788K | +42.2% | #154 of 2,405 |
| 10Hardin County, TX | 78 | 92 | 41.4 | $926K | +4.2% | #175 of 2,405 |
| 113Frio County, TX | 35 | 55 | 101.2 | $314K | +2.3% | #1,860 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Frio County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes24
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops16
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops19
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Frio County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 55 sit-down restaurants in Frio County. 21 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Frio County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $17.3M a year, or $3,177 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $314K 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 5,437 households in Frio County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Frio County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Frio County has 101.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $314K, 53% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Frio County would have about 26, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 777 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Frio County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Frio County at 18,823 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,437 households. Median household income in Frio County is $66,010, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.3%, 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. Frio County scores 35 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,860 of 2,405 scored counties.
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