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Sit-down restaurants in Clark County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Clark County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #224 of 2,405 scored counties
#8 of 35 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 851
- 248 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 333
- +7.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $864.7M
- On food away from home · $4,411 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.4
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 532,119
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Clark County is 76 (high), #224 of 2,405 scored counties and #8 of 35 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for sit-down restaurants.
Household spending on food away from home in Clark County comes to about $864.7M a year: $4,411 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 851 sit-down restaurants, that is $1M per restaurant, 53% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 851 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Clark County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 43.4 for every 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Clark County was 333 in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 589 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $15.7M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Clark County. Population estimates put the population change in Clark County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clark County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Clark County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.4 | 54.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $823K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 589 | 456 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.1% | +3.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,411 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,536 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 311 → 333+7.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,086
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $192.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 851248 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,303The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $15.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Clark 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 Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 532,119+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 196,017
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 629 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 823
- Median household income
- $97,536+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $125,385
- Median home value
- $522,900
- Jobs located here
- 180,756
- Daytime population
- 458,006Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Washington for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Washington, with Clark County marked.
Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Skamania County, WA | 89 | 19 | 37.9 | $1.1M | +5.2% | #33 of 2,405 |
| 2Lincoln County, WA | 84 | 17 | 35.3 | $1M | +9.7% | #78 of 2,405 |
| 3Stevens County, WA | 83 | 56 | 28.9 | $1.3M | +6.6% | #83 of 2,405 |
| 4Mason County, WA | 81 | 96 | 36.9 | $1.1M | +7.8% | #110 of 2,405 |
| 5Douglas County, WA | 78 | 66 | 41.4 | $981K | +8.0% | #170 of 2,405 |
| 6Pend Oreille County, WA | 77 | 17 | 28.6 | $1.3M | +7.1% | #184 of 2,405 |
| 7Franklin County, WA | 77 | 146 | 48.8 | $842K | +5.6% | #204 of 2,405 |
| 8Clark County, WA | 76 | 851 | 43.4 | $1M | +5.3% | #224 of 2,405 |
| 9Thurston County, WA | 74 | 496 | 41.7 | $1M | +2.8% | #271 of 2,405 |
| 10Pierce County, WA | 71 | 1,532 | 43.6 | $1M | +2.5% | #341 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Clark County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants76
- Fast food and sandwich shops86
- Pizza86
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops72
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Clark County, WA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 851 sit-down restaurants in Clark County. 248 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 333 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clark County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $864.7M a year, or $4,411 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 851 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 196,017 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clark County, WA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Clark County has 43.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $1M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Clark County would have about 1,303, against 851 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 589 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Clark County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Clark County at 532,119 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 196,017 households. Median household income in Clark County is $97,536, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Clark County scores 76 for sit-down restaurants (high), #224 of 2,405 scored counties.
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