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Sit-down restaurants in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 92 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #3 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 1,124
- 493 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 245
- +21.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $928M
- On food away from home · $4,485 a household
- Spending per listing
- $826K
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.3
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 773,426
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 92 (very high): #3 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for sit-down restaurants.
Households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area spend about $928M a year on food away from home, or $4,485 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $826K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 1,124 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area as of September 2026. 493 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 54.3, 11% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area was 245 in 2023, up 21.3% from 2019. That is one for every 844 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $9.1M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.3 | 57.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $826K | $756K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 844 | 625 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.3% | +6.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,485 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $100,704 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 92 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 245+21.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,397
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $115.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,124493 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,398The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 21
- Amount
- $9.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Provo-Orem-Lehi 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 773,426+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 206,880
- Median age
- 27.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 5,396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $100,704+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,279
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 299,641
- Daytime population
- 678,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Utah, with the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ogden, UT | 92 | 963 | 45.0 | $989K | +5.3% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 92 | 1,124 | 54.3 | $826K | +14.5% | #3 of 387 |
| 3Logan, UT-ID | 90 | 199 | 40.3 | $976K | +8.8% | #4 of 387 |
| 4St. George, UT | 65 | 380 | 54.5 | $729K | +17.4% | #83 of 387 |
| 5Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 63 | 2,786 | 61.9 | $715K | +3.8% | #97 of 387 |
Other business types in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants92
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,124 sit-down restaurants in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. 493 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 245 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 21.3% from 2019. Another 60 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area spend on food away from home?
About $928M a year, or $4,485 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,124 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $826K 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 206,880 households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has 54.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $826K, 24% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area would have about 1,398, against 1,124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 844 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area at 773,426 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,880 households. Median household income in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area is $100,704, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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. The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area scores 92 for sit-down restaurants (very high), #3 of 387 scored metro areas.
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