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Sit-down restaurants in Montgomery County, VA

How Montgomery County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,755 of 2,405 scored counties
#82 of 115 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
208
80 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
80
−3.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$140M
On food away from home · $3,787 a household
Spending per listing
$673K
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
56.3
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
98,434
−1.2% 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 Montgomery County comes to about $140M a year: $3,787 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 208 sit-down restaurants, that is $673K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Montgomery County has 208 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 56.3 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 80 businesses with payroll in Montgomery County classed as full-service restaurants, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 462 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $957K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Montgomery County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montgomery County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Montgomery County is 37 (lower middle), #1,755 of 2,405 scored counties and #82 of 115 scored counties in Virginia.

How Montgomery County compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Montgomery County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households56.357.161.3
Spending per listing$673K$765K$664K
Households per official establishment462470500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.6%+2.1%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,787$4,372$4,070
Median household income$72,715$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score3766

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
83 → 80−3.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,268
Annual payroll, 2023
$49.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
8Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20880 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
211The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$957K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
98,434−1.2% since 2020
Households
36,961
Median age
35.2
Homes lived in by their owners
55%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
387 sq. mi.
People per square mile
256
Median household income
$72,715+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,780
Median home value
$304,600
Jobs located here
42,019
Daytime population
106,770Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Virginia

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

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fluvanna County, VA941716.5$2.6M+6.2%#6 of 2,405
2King George County, VA943332.6$1.5M+10.5%#7 of 2,405
3Caroline County, VA913025.0$1.6M+11.3%#15 of 2,405
4Stafford County, VA9121240.5$1.3M+8.3%#16 of 2,405
5Louisa County, VA904730.2$1.3M+13.6%#22 of 2,405
6Goochland County, VA892827.1$1.9M+17.4%#25 of 2,405
7Frederick County, VA8813437.9$1.2M+8.8%#42 of 2,405
8Dinwiddie County, VA871917.8$2.1M+3.6%#45 of 2,405
9Madison County, VA871221.9$1.8M+2.7%#46 of 2,405
10Powhatan County, VA873127.4$1.7M+7.0%#47 of 2,405
82Montgomery County, VA3720856.3$673K−1.2%#1,755 of 2,405

Other business types in Montgomery County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Montgomery County, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 208 sit-down restaurants in Montgomery County. 80 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Montgomery County, VA spend on food away from home?

About $140M a year, or $3,787 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 208 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $673K 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 36,961 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County has 56.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $673K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 211, against 208 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 462 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 98,434 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,961 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $72,715, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Montgomery County scores 37 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,755 of 2,405 scored counties.

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