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Sit-down restaurants in Sanpete County, UT
The sit-down restaurants in Sanpete County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #254 of 2,405 scored counties
#10 of 21 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 40
- 8 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $31.7M
- On food away from home · $3,566 a household
- Spending per listing
- $792K
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 45.0
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 31,453
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 sit-down restaurants in Sanpete County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 20%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 45.0 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Sanpete County spend about $31.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,566 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $792K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 19% above the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Sanpete County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,778 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $66K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Sanpete County.
Population estimates show Sanpete County grew 10.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Sanpete County scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #254 of 2,405 scored counties and #10 of 21 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Sanpete County 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 | Sanpete County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 45.0 | 57.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $792K | $756K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,778 | 625 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,566 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,083 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 86
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $792K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 408 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 48The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $66K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Sanpete 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 Sanpete County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 31,453+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,888
- Median age
- 34.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,590 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $70,083+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,824
- Median home value
- $347,200
- Jobs located here
- 8,877
- Daytime population
- 27,248Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Utah for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Utah, with Sanpete County marked.
Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, UT | 96 | 9 | 23.8 | $2.2M | +8.1% | #2 of 2,405 |
| 2Tooele County, UT | 91 | 95 | 39.7 | $1.1M | +19.2% | #19 of 2,405 |
| 3Box Elder County, UT | 89 | 64 | 32.7 | $1.2M | +12.7% | #30 of 2,405 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 88 | 483 | 41.7 | $1.1M | +4.8% | #43 of 2,405 |
| 5Cache County, UT | 84 | 186 | 41.9 | $943K | +8.5% | #80 of 2,405 |
| 6Utah County, UT | 82 | 1,101 | 54.2 | $828K | +14.5% | #99 of 2,405 |
| 7Emery County, UT | 78 | 13 | 37.6 | $971K | +3.4% | #171 of 2,405 |
| 8Wasatch County, UT | 77 | 76 | 59.0 | $846K | +9.9% | #203 of 2,405 |
| 9Weber County, UT | 76 | 471 | 50.0 | $827K | +5.8% | #228 of 2,405 |
| 10Sanpete County, UT | 75 | 40 | 45.0 | $792K | +10.3% | #254 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Sanpete County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants75
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Sanpete County, UT?
Sanpete County has 40 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (20%) 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.
How much do households in Sanpete County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $31.7M a year, or $3,566 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $792K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,888 households in Sanpete County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sanpete County, UT compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Sanpete County has 45.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $792K, 19% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Sanpete County would have about 48, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,778 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Sanpete County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Sanpete County at 31,453 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,888 households. The median household income in Sanpete County is $70,083 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Sanpete County scores 75 for sit-down restaurants (high), #254 of 2,405 scored counties.
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