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Sit-down restaurants in Columbia County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Columbia County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.6M
- On food away from home · $3,555 a household
- Spending per listing
- $602K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 59.1
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,141
- +4.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Columbia County comes to about $6.6M a year: $3,555 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $602K per restaurant, 9% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Columbia County has 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 59.1, 4% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Columbia County in 2023. That is one for every 621 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Columbia County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Columbia 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 | Columbia County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 59.1 | 54.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $602K | $823K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 621 | 456 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.7% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,555 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,810 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $602K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,141+4.7% since 2020
- Households
- 1,862
- Median age
- 48.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 869 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $71,810
- Average household income
- $88,239
- Median home value
- $271,200
- Jobs located here
- 1,408
- Daytime population
- 3,875Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Columbia County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the sit-down restaurants on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Columbia County, WA | Not scored | 11 | 59.1 | $602K | +4.7% |
Other business types in Columbia County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Columbia County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 sit-down restaurants in Columbia County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.
How much do households in Columbia County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $6.6M a year, or $3,555 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $602K 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 1,862 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, WA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Columbia County has 59.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $602K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Columbia County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 621 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Columbia County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 4,141 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,862 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $71,810, 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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