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Restaurants and cafes in Caddo Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Caddo Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,283 of 2,405 scored counties
#53 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
1,009
420 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
405
+5.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$303.4M
On food away from home · $3,168 a household
Spending per listing
$301K
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
105.4
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
224,226
−5.4% since 2020

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What this means

Caddo Parish scores 20 (low) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #2,283 of 2,405 scored counties and #53 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $3,168 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Caddo Parish spend about $303.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 1,009 restaurants and cafes, that is $301K per restaurant, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

Caddo Parish has 1,009 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 420 are chain locations, or 42%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 105.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 405 businesses with payroll in Caddo Parish classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 5.2% from 2019. That is one for every 236 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Caddo Parish. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Caddo Parish declined 5.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Caddo 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 restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Restaurants and cafes in Caddo Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureCaddo ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households105.4110.6109.8
Spending per listing$301K$314K$371K
Households per official establishment236225209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.2%+5.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.4%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,168$3,469$4,070
Median household income$50,705$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2019

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
385 → 405+5.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
8,875
Annual payroll, 2023
$177.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
133Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1,009420 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
818The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$2.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Caddo 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.

Population and households in Caddo Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
224,226−5.4% since 2020
Households
95,771
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
880 sq. mi.
People per square mile
262
Median household income
$50,705+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,319
Median home value
$175,700
Jobs located here
110,681
Daytime population
246,534Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Caddo Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grant Parish, LA741520.2$1.7M−0.3%#253 of 2,405
2East Feliciana Parish, LA743148.4$773K−2.8%#254 of 2,405
3Livingston Parish, LA7442479.1$476K+8.5%#275 of 2,405
4Beauregard Parish, LA707655.3$642K+0.2%#391 of 2,405
5Winn Parish, LA693164.7$477K+9.1%#431 of 2,405
6Ascension Parish, LA6844894.0$454K+6.4%#456 of 2,405
7De Soto Parish, LA666965.7$487K+2.0%#509 of 2,405
8St. Helena Parish, LA651331.1$919K−1.2%#530 of 2,405
9Assumption Parish, LA643640.8$793K−5.9%#582 of 2,405
10Jackson Parish, LA613766.4$436K+5.6%#720 of 2,405
53Caddo Parish, LA201,009105.4$301K−5.4%#2,283 of 2,405

Other business types in Caddo Parish

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

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Caddo Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,009 restaurants and cafes in Caddo Parish. 420 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 405 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 5.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 133 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Caddo Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $303.4M a year, or $3,168 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,009 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $301K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 95,771 households in Caddo Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Caddo Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Caddo Parish has 105.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $301K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Caddo Parish would have about 818, against 1,009 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 236 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Caddo Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Caddo Parish at 224,226 people in 2025, down 5.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 95,771 households. Median household income in Caddo Parish is $50,705, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Caddo Parish scores 20 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,283 of 2,405 scored counties.

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