Restaurant market guides in Kentucky.

KY RESTAURANT MARKET DIRECTORY

Explore Restaurant Revenue Incubator’s operator-focused guides to the 50 largest Kentucky markets. Each guide combines official U.S. Census market context with practical cost, sales, technology and retention priorities.

Kentucky restaurant economy

The 2022 Economic Census reports 897 restaurant establishments, 15,087 restaurant employees statewide.

Restaurant consulting markets in Kentucky

1. Louisville/Jefferson County metro government restaurant market Population 631,818
2. Lexington-Fayette urban county restaurant market Population 323,725
3. Bowling Green restaurant market Population 75,388
4. Owensboro restaurant market Population 60,302
5. Covington restaurant market Population 41,110
6. Georgetown restaurant market Population 39,117
7. Richmond restaurant market Population 37,111
8. Florence restaurant market Population 32,803
9. Elizabethtown restaurant market Population 32,576
10. Nicholasville restaurant market Population 32,197
11. Hopkinsville restaurant market Population 30,906
12. Independence restaurant market Population 29,392
13. Jeffersontown restaurant market Population 29,199
14. Frankfort restaurant market Population 28,503
15. Henderson restaurant market Population 27,852
16. Paducah restaurant market Population 26,845
17. Radcliff restaurant market Population 22,864
18. Ashland restaurant market Population 21,295
19. Erlanger restaurant market Population 19,875
20. Madisonville restaurant market Population 19,515
21. Winchester restaurant market Population 19,213
22. Mount Washington restaurant market Population 18,480
23. Murray restaurant market Population 18,080
24. Burlington restaurant market Population 18,008
25. Shelbyville restaurant market Population 17,668
26. St. Matthews restaurant market Population 17,577
27. Danville restaurant market Population 17,327
28. Fort Thomas restaurant market Population 17,169
29. Berea restaurant market Population 15,786
30. Shively restaurant market Population 15,638
31. Glasgow restaurant market Population 15,197
32. Shepherdsville restaurant market Population 14,533
33. Newport restaurant market Population 13,967
34. Bardstown restaurant market Population 13,804
35. Somerset restaurant market Population 12,216
36. Lawrenceburg restaurant market Population 11,943
37. Campbellsville restaurant market Population 11,622
38. Fort Campbell North restaurant market Population 11,356
39. Lyndon restaurant market Population 11,030
40. Francisville restaurant market Population 10,565
41. Alexandria restaurant market Population 10,562
42. Versailles restaurant market Population 10,492
43. Franklin restaurant market Population 10,360
44. La Grange restaurant market Population 10,311
45. Oakbrook restaurant market Population 10,211
46. Paris restaurant market Population 10,160
47. Mayfield restaurant market Population 9,868
48. Middletown restaurant market Population 9,763
49. Harrodsburg restaurant market Population 9,313
50. Elsmere restaurant market Population 9,205

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 ACS 5-year table B01003, 2026 Gazetteer Files, and 2022 Economic Census EC2272BASIC (NAICS 7225). Image licensing and attribution appear with each image. Last verified September 22, 2026.

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