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Restaurants and cafes in Grant Parish, LA

How Grant 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #253 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
15
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$25.6M
On food away from home · $3,436 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
4.6 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.2
82% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,075
−0.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 restaurants and cafes in Grant Parish. None of them are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 20.2 for every 10,000 households, 82% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

At $3,436 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Grant Parish spend about $25.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 15 restaurants and cafes, that is $1.7M per restaurant, 4.6 times the U.S. figure of $371K.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Grant Parish classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 1,240 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grant Parish declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For restaurants and cafes, Grant Parish has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #253 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Grant 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 Grant Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureGrant ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.2110.6109.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$314K$371K
Households per official establishment1,240225209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,436$3,469$4,070
Median household income$64,016$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score7419

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$591K
One-person businesses, 2023
7Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
150 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
69The 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 Grant 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 Grant Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
22,075−0.3% since 2020
Households
7,440
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
644 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$64,016+50.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,386
Median home value
$143,300
Jobs located here
2,804
Daytime population
17,563Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Grant 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

Other business types in Grant Parish

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

Questions

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

There are 15 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Grant Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $25.6M a year, or $3,436 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,440 households in Grant Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grant Parish has 20.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 82% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $1.7M, 4.6 times the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Grant Parish would have about 69, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,240 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Grant Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Grant Parish at 22,075 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,440 households. The median household income in Grant Parish is $64,016 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 50.6% 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. Grant Parish scores 74 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #253 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 Grant Parish

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