Food and drink · Small-town market · Vermont
Sit-down restaurants in the Brattleboro, VT area
The sit-down restaurants in the Brattleboro, VT area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #470 of 538 scored small-town markets
#4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont
- Listings
- 140
- 18 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- +5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $74.7M
- On food away from home · $3,778 a household
- Spending per listing
- $534K
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.8
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,204
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Brattleboro area scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #470 of 538 scored small-town markets and #4 of 4 scored small-town markets based in Vermont. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $3,778 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Brattleboro area spend about $74.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 140 sit-down restaurants, that is $534K per restaurant, 20% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Brattleboro area has 140 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 13%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 70.8 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Brattleboro area in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 314 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Brattleboro area declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Brattleboro area compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Brattleboro area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.8 | 54.3 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $534K | $739K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 314 | 460 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.0% | −8.9% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,778 | $4,013 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,217 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 63+5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 727
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14018 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 113The 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 the Brattleboro 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 Brattleboro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,204−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 19,784
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 786 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $72,217
- Average household income
- $99,781
- Median home value
- $279,600
- Jobs located here
- 21,744
- Daytime population
- 48,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Vermont for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Vermont (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brattleboro area marked.
Top small-town markets in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Barre, VT | 56 | 139 | 53.8 | $750K | −0.2% | #204 of 538 |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT | 56 | 504 | 54.9 | $743K | +1.5% | #205 of 538 |
| 2Bennington, VT | 33 | 99 | 66.1 | $584K | −1.8% | #440 of 538 |
| 3Rutland, VT | 30 | 164 | 64.8 | $563K | −1.4% | #464 of 538 |
| 4Brattleboro, VT | 29 | 140 | 70.8 | $534K | −1.4% | #470 of 538 |
Other business types in the Brattleboro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes27
- Sit-down restaurants29
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes28
- Bakeries and dessert shops31
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Brattleboro, VT area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 140 sit-down restaurants in the Brattleboro area. 18 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Brattleboro, VT area spend on food away from home?
About $74.7M a year, or $3,778 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 140 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $534K 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 19,784 households in the Brattleboro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brattleboro, VT area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Brattleboro area has 70.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $534K, 20% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Brattleboro area would have about 113, against 140 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 314 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brattleboro, VT area growing?
Population estimates put the Brattleboro area at 45,204 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,784 households. Median household income in the Brattleboro area is $72,217, 11% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Brattleboro area scores 29 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #470 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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