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Sit-down restaurants in Lubbock County, TX
How Lubbock County, TX 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,242 of 2,405 scored counties
#69 of 162 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 714
- 313 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 213
- +8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $446.5M
- On food away from home · $3,537 a household
- Spending per listing
- $625K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.6
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 328,906
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Lubbock County comes to about $446.5M a year: $3,537 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $625K per restaurant, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Lubbock County has 714 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 313 are chain locations, or 44%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 56.6, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 213 businesses with payroll in Lubbock County classed as full-service restaurants, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 593 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 30 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $4.6M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Lubbock County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lubbock County grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Lubbock County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,242 of 2,405 scored counties and #69 of 162 scored counties in Texas.
How Lubbock 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 | Lubbock County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.6 | 69.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $625K | $575K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 593 | 528 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.7% | +9.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,537 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,155 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 196 → 213+8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,596
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $140.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 714313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 673The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $4.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Lubbock 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 Lubbock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 328,906+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 126,225
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 896 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 356
- Median household income
- $64,155+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,750
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 164,092
- Daytime population
- 331,188Residents 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 Lubbock 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 |
| 69Lubbock County, TX | 49 | 714 | 56.6 | $625K | +5.6% | #1,242 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Lubbock County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops35
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Lubbock County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 714 sit-down restaurants in Lubbock County. 313 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 213 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lubbock County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $446.5M a year, or $3,537 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 714 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $625K 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 126,225 households in Lubbock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lubbock County, TX compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Lubbock County has 56.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $625K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Lubbock County would have about 673, against 714 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 593 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Lubbock County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Lubbock County at 328,906 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 126,225 households. Median household income in Lubbock County is $64,155, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.4%, 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. Lubbock County scores 49 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,242 of 2,405 scored counties.
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