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Restaurants and cafes in De Soto Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in De Soto Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #509 of 2,405 scored counties
#7 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 69
- 25 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- −4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33.6M
- On food away from home · $3,202 a household
- Spending per listing
- $487K
- 31% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.7
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,381
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,202 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in De Soto Parish spend about $33.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $487K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 31% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
De Soto Parish has 69 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 65.7 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in De Soto Parish classed as restaurants and other eating places, down 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 438 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $952K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in De Soto Parish.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of De Soto Parish grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in De Soto Parish is 66 (upper middle), #509 of 2,405 scored counties and #7 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How De Soto 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.
| Measure | De Soto Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.7 | 110.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $487K | $314K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 438 | 225 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.0% | +5.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,202 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,578 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 24−4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 340
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6925 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $952K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in De Soto 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 De Soto Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,381+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,504
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $48,578+5.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,503
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,222
- Daytime population
- 23,090Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant Parish, LA | 74 | 15 | 20.2 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #253 of 2,405 |
| 2East Feliciana Parish, LA | 74 | 31 | 48.4 | $773K | −2.8% | #254 of 2,405 |
| 3Livingston Parish, LA | 74 | 424 | 79.1 | $476K | +8.5% | #275 of 2,405 |
| 4Beauregard Parish, LA | 70 | 76 | 55.3 | $642K | +0.2% | #391 of 2,405 |
| 5Winn Parish, LA | 69 | 31 | 64.7 | $477K | +9.1% | #431 of 2,405 |
| 6Ascension Parish, LA | 68 | 448 | 94.0 | $454K | +6.4% | #456 of 2,405 |
| 7De Soto Parish, LA | 66 | 69 | 65.7 | $487K | +2.0% | #509 of 2,405 |
| 8St. Helena Parish, LA | 65 | 13 | 31.1 | $919K | −1.2% | #530 of 2,405 |
| 9Assumption Parish, LA | 64 | 36 | 40.8 | $793K | −5.9% | #582 of 2,405 |
| 10Jackson Parish, LA | 61 | 37 | 66.4 | $436K | +5.6% | #720 of 2,405 |
Other business types in De Soto Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants62
- Fast food and sandwich shops66
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in De Soto Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 69 restaurants and cafes in De Soto Parish. 25 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in De Soto Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $33.6M a year, or $3,202 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $487K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,504 households in De Soto Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does De Soto Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
De Soto Parish has 65.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $487K, 31% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, De Soto Parish would have about 91, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 438 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is De Soto Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put De Soto Parish at 27,381 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,504 households. Median household income in De Soto Parish is $48,578, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 5.6%, 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. De Soto Parish scores 66 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #509 of 2,405 scored counties.
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