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Fast food and sandwich shops in Bossier Parish, LA
How Bossier Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,401 of 2,222 scored counties
#19 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 69
- 60 chain locations (87%)
- Official establishments
- 116
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $184M
- On food away from home · $3,620 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.6
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,867
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Bossier Parish comes to about $184M a year: $3,620 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 69 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Bossier Parish as of September 2026. Of those, 60 are chain locations, or 87%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 13.6 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Bossier Parish was 116 in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 438 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bossier Parish.
Population estimates show Bossier Parish grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bossier Parish scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,401 of 2,222 scored counties and #19 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Bossier Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops 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 | Bossier Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.6 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 438 | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.7% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,620 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,617 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 13 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 113 → 116All limited-service restaurants · +2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,450
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $44.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6960 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bossier Parish, 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in Bossier Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,867+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,826
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 840 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $69,617+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,201
- Median home value
- $227,200
- Jobs located here
- 45,671
- Daytime population
- 123,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Bossier Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1East Feliciana Parish, LA | 73 | 5 | 7.8 | $4.8M | −2.8% | #273 of 2,222 |
| 2De Soto Parish, LA | 66 | 9 | 8.6 | $3.7M | +2.0% | #511 of 2,222 |
| 3Evangeline Parish, LA | 62 | 7 | 5.6 | $5.2M | −1.0% | #637 of 2,222 |
| 4St. Charles Parish, LA | 62 | 20 | 10.7 | $3.7M | −3.7% | #644 of 2,222 |
| 5Livingston Parish, LA | 62 | 70 | 13.1 | $2.9M | +8.5% | #665 of 2,222 |
| 6St. Tammany Parish, LA | 61 | 141 | 13.4 | $3M | +5.3% | #710 of 2,222 |
| 7Beauregard Parish, LA | 59 | 15 | 10.9 | $3.3M | +0.2% | #786 of 2,222 |
| 8St. James Parish, LA | 58 | 8 | 10.6 | $3.5M | −5.9% | #811 of 2,222 |
| 9Sabine Parish, LA | 57 | 8 | 9.1 | $3.4M | −1.2% | #851 of 2,222 |
| 10Iberville Parish, LA | 56 | 10 | 8.9 | $3.8M | −1.6% | #886 of 2,222 |
| 19Bossier Parish, LA | 43 | 69 | 13.6 | $2.7M | +2.5% | #1,401 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Bossier Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Bossier Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 69 fast food and sandwich shops in Bossier Parish. 60 of them (87%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bossier Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $184M a year, or $3,620 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,826 households in Bossier Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bossier Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Bossier Parish has 13.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Bossier Parish would have about 60, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 438 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Bossier Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Bossier Parish at 131,867 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,826 households. Median household income in Bossier Parish is $69,617, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Bossier Parish scores 43 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,401 of 2,222 scored counties.
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