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Sit-down restaurants in Big Horn County, WY

The sit-down restaurants in Big Horn County, WY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,552 of 2,405 scored counties
#10 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming

Listings
24
2 chain locations (8%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.9M
On food away from home · $3,350 a household
Spending per listing
$623K
6% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
53.8
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,024
+4.7% 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 Big Horn County comes to about $14.9M a year: $3,350 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $623K per restaurant, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Big Horn County has 24 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 53.8 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Big Horn County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 558 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Big Horn County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Big Horn County scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,552 of 2,405 scored counties and #10 of 15 scored counties in Wyoming.

How Big Horn County compares

The same measures for Wyoming 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 Big Horn County, WY compared with Wyoming and the U.S.
MeasureBig Horn CountyWyomingU.S.
Listings per 10k households53.855.261.3
Spending per listing$623K$691K$664K
Households per official establishment558461500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,350$3,811$4,070
Median household income$62,101$76,176$80,734
Groundwork market score4237

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 8
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
242 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Big Horn 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 Big Horn County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,024+4.7% since 2020
Households
4,460
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
3,137 sq. mi.
People per square mile
4
Median household income
$62,101+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,230
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
4,155
Daytime population
11,485Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Wyoming

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The highest-scoring counties in Wyoming for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Wyoming, with Big Horn County marked.

Top counties in Wyoming

Counties in Wyoming ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Laramie County, WY7217841.1$940K+2.2%#323 of 2,405
2Campbell County, WY589150.6$813K+2.1%#817 of 2,405
3Converse County, WY562441.6$927K+0.6%#889 of 2,405
4Albany County, WY557644.5$784K+3.9%#949 of 2,405
5Goshen County, WY541834.6$953K+1.0%#973 of 2,405
6Uinta County, WY484355.7$685K+1.3%#1,278 of 2,405
7Natrona County, WY4716949.9$750K+0.3%#1,305 of 2,405
8Lincoln County, WY455768.5$601K+7.8%#1,436 of 2,405
9Park County, WY438060.0$616K+5.1%#1,505 of 2,405
10Big Horn County, WY422453.8$623K+4.7%#1,552 of 2,405

Other business types in Big Horn County

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Big Horn County, WY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 sit-down restaurants in Big Horn County. 2 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Big Horn County, WY spend on food away from home?

About $14.9M a year, or $3,350 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $623K 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 4,460 households in Big Horn County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Big Horn County, WY compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Big Horn County has 53.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $623K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Big Horn County would have about 23, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 558 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Big Horn County, WY growing?

Population estimates put Big Horn County at 12,024 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,460 households. Median household income in Big Horn County is $62,101, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. Big Horn County scores 42 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,552 of 2,405 scored counties.

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