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Restaurants and cafes in Red River Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
27
7 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On food away from home · $3,060 a household
Spending per listing
$351K
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
87.1
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,165
−5.5% 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 27 restaurants and cafes in Red River Parish. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 87.1, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

At $3,060 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Red River Parish spend about $9.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $351K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Red River Parish was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 388 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $175K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Red River Parish.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Red River Parish declined 5.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Red River 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 Red River Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureRed River ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households87.1110.6109.8
Spending per listing$351K$314K$371K
Households per official establishment388225209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.8%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,060$3,469$4,070
Median household income$49,167$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored19

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 8
Employees, 2023
83
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
5Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
277 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$175K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Red River 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 Red River Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
7,165−5.5% since 2020
Households
3,100
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
389 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$49,167
Average household income
$67,301
Median home value
$119,700
Jobs located here
2,554
Daytime population
6,994Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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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
Red River Parish, LANot scored2787.1$351K−5.5%

Other business types in Red River Parish

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Red River Parish, LA?

Red River Parish has 27 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $9.5M a year, or $3,060 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $351K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,100 households in Red River Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Red River Parish has 87.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $351K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Red River Parish would have about 26, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 388 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Red River Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Red River Parish at 7,165 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,100 households. The median household income in Red River Parish is $49,167 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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

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