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Restaurants and cafes in Andrew County, MO
The restaurants and cafes in Andrew County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #99 of 2,405 scored counties
#4 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 31
- 19 chain locations (61%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.7M
- On food away from home · $3,821 a household
- Spending per listing
- $861K
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.4
- 60% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,241
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Andrew County scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #99 of 2,405 scored counties and #4 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
At $3,821 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Andrew County spend about $26.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $861K per restaurant, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 31 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Andrew County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 61% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 44.4 per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Andrew County in 2023. That is one for every 699 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $967K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Andrew County. Population estimates put the population change in Andrew County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Andrew County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Andrew County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.4 | 98.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $861K | $385K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 699 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,821 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,625 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 161
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 72The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $967K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Andrew County, 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 Andrew County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,241+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 6,988
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 433 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $75,625+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,996
- Median home value
- $215,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,751
- Daytime population
- 12,756Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 93 | 122 | 53.5 | $759K | +11.4% | #10 of 2,405 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 89 | 90 | 65.0 | $617K | +9.2% | #32 of 2,405 |
| 3Christian County, MO | 84 | 237 | 67.4 | $594K | +8.3% | #72 of 2,405 |
| 4Andrew County, MO | 82 | 31 | 44.4 | $861K | +0.7% | #99 of 2,405 |
| 5Jefferson County, MO | 82 | 539 | 61.0 | $656K | +2.7% | #104 of 2,405 |
| 6Cass County, MO | 82 | 330 | 76.4 | $548K | +7.1% | #109 of 2,405 |
| 7Ray County, MO | 80 | 50 | 54.8 | $680K | +1.1% | #131 of 2,405 |
| 8Osage County, MO | 80 | 34 | 64.3 | $593K | +2.7% | #136 of 2,405 |
| 9Webster County, MO | 78 | 103 | 73.8 | $490K | +10.4% | #180 of 2,405 |
| 10Douglas County, MO | 76 | 22 | 47.3 | $647K | +6.4% | #216 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Andrew County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes82
- Sit-down restaurants81
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza57
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Andrew County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 restaurants and cafes in Andrew County. 19 of them (61%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Andrew County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $26.7M a year, or $3,821 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $861K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,988 households in Andrew County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Andrew County, MO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Andrew County has 44.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 60% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $861K, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Andrew County would have about 72, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 699 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Andrew County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Andrew County at 18,241 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,988 households. Median household income in Andrew County is $75,625, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. Andrew County scores 82 for restaurants and cafes (high), #99 of 2,405 scored counties.
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