Food and drink · Metro area · Utah
Sit-down restaurants in the St. George, UT metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the St. George, UT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #83 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 380
- 139 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 126
- +26.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $277.2M
- On food away from home · $3,972 a household
- Spending per listing
- $729K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 54.5
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,670
- +17.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 380 sit-down restaurants in the St. George metro area. Of those, 139 are chain locations, or 37%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 54.5, 11% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in the St. George metro area spend about $277.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,972 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 380 sit-down restaurants, that is $729K per restaurant, 10% 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.
Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the St. George metro area in 2023, up 26.0% from 2019. That is one for every 554 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $7.3M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the St. George metro area.
Population estimates show the St. George metro area grew 17.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the St. George metro area is 65 (upper middle), #83 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the St. George 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 | St. George metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 54.5 | 57.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $729K | $756K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 554 | 625 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.0% | +6.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,972 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,632 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 83 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 126+26.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,198
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $77M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 380139 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 418The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $7.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the St. George 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 St. George metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,670+17.4% since 2020
- Households
- 69,786
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $80,632+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,780
- Median home value
- $510,700
- Jobs located here
- 87,513
- Daytime population
- 200,923Residents 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 St. George 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 St. George metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants65
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the St. George, UT metro area?
The St. George metro area has 380 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 139 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 26.0% from 2019. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the St. George, UT metro area spend on food away from home?
About $277.2M a year, or $3,972 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 380 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $729K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,786 households in the St. George metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. George, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The St. George metro area has 54.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $729K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the St. George metro area would have about 418, against 380 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 554 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the St. George, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. George metro area at 213,670 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,786 households. The median household income in the St. George metro area is $80,632 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. The St. George metro area scores 65 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #83 of 387 scored metro areas.
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