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Restaurants and cafes in Franklin Parish, LA

How Franklin Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #993 of 2,405 scored counties
#18 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
47
14 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
18
−18.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$22.9M
On food away from home · $3,047 a household
Spending per listing
$488K
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
62.5
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,002
−3.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 47 restaurants and cafes in Franklin Parish. 14 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 62.5 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Franklin Parish comes to about $22.9M a year: $3,047 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $488K per restaurant, 32% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Franklin Parish was 18 in 2023, down 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 418 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin Parish declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Franklin Parish has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #993 of 2,405 scored counties and #18 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Franklin 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 Franklin Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households62.5110.6109.8
Spending per listing$488K$314K$371K
Households per official establishment418225209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−18.2%+5.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,047$3,469$4,070
Median household income$47,020$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5419

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22 → 18−18.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
306
Annual payroll, 2023
$5M
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4714 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Franklin 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 Franklin Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
19,002−3.6% since 2020
Households
7,525
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
624 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$47,020+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,255
Median home value
$113,000
Jobs located here
4,479
Daytime population
16,909Residents 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 Franklin 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
18Franklin Parish, LA544762.5$488K−3.6%#993 of 2,405

Other business types in Franklin Parish

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

Questions

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

Franklin Parish has 47 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 18.2% from 2019. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $22.9M a year, or $3,047 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $488K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,525 households in Franklin Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin Parish has 62.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $488K, 32% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Franklin Parish would have about 62, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 418 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Franklin Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin Parish at 19,002 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,525 households. The median household income in Franklin Parish is $47,020 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Franklin Parish scores 54 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #993 of 2,405 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Franklin Parish

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