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Sit-down restaurants in Parmer County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Parmer County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
20
3 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.8M
On food away from home · $3,645 a household
Spending per listing
$589K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
61.9
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,678
−1.8% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Parmer County comes to about $11.8M a year: $3,645 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $589K per restaurant, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Parmer County has 20 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 61.9, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Parmer County in 2023. That is one for every 646 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Parmer County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Parmer 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Parmer County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureParmer CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households61.969.061.3
Spending per listing$589K$575K$664K
Households per official establishment646528500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.9%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,645$3,970$4,070
Median household income$69,735$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$268K
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
203 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Parmer 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 Parmer County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,678−1.8% since 2020
Households
3,231
Median age
36.6
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
881 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$69,735
Average household income
$89,556
Median home value
$146,700
Jobs located here
5,878
Daytime population
12,052Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Texas, with Parmer County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Guadalupe County, TX8826340.2$1M+15.8%#44 of 2,405
2Wilson County, TX867943.4$975K+12.2%#58 of 2,405
3San Jacinto County, TX832623.9$1.4M+7.1%#82 of 2,405
4Johnson County, TX8330045.8$878K+20.5%#89 of 2,405
5Parker County, TX8227448.5$938K+23.5%#98 of 2,405
6Clay County, TX811637.3$1M+5.0%#116 of 2,405
7Randall County, TX8122740.0$993K+7.9%#118 of 2,405
8Wise County, TX8012850.9$828K+21.5%#132 of 2,405
9Kaufman County, TX7926652.2$788K+42.2%#154 of 2,405
10Hardin County, TX789241.4$926K+4.2%#175 of 2,405
Parmer County, TXNot scored2061.9$589K−1.8%

Other business types in Parmer County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Parmer County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 sit-down restaurants in Parmer County. 3 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Parmer County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $11.8M a year, or $3,645 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $589K 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 3,231 households in Parmer County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Parmer County has 61.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $589K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Parmer County would have about 18, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 646 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Parmer County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Parmer County at 9,678 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,231 households. Median household income in Parmer County is $69,735, 14% below 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for sit-down restaurants · All 56 business types in Parmer County

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