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Restaurants and cafes in Bollinger County, MO

How Bollinger County, MO 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #328 of 2,405 scored counties
#13 of 85 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
19
8 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.8M
On food away from home · $3,259 a household
Spending per listing
$676K
82% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
48.2
56% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,646
+0.9% 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 19 restaurants and cafes in Bollinger County. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 48.2 for every 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Bollinger County comes to about $12.8M a year: $3,259 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $676K per restaurant, 82% above the U.S. figure of $371K.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Bollinger County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 788 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Bollinger County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For restaurants and cafes, Bollinger County has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #328 of 2,405 scored counties and #13 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Bollinger 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Bollinger County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureBollinger CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households48.298.6109.8
Spending per listing$676K$385K$371K
Households per official establishment788235209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,259$3,799$4,070
Median household income$63,814$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7254

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 5
Employees, 2023
71
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
198 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The 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 Bollinger 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 Bollinger County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,646+0.9% since 2020
Households
3,941
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
618 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$63,814+44.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,271
Median home value
$179,800
Jobs located here
1,743
Daytime population
7,611Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Bollinger County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO9312253.5$759K+11.4%#10 of 2,405
2Warren County, MO899065.0$617K+9.2%#32 of 2,405
3Christian County, MO8423767.4$594K+8.3%#72 of 2,405
4Andrew County, MO823144.4$861K+0.7%#99 of 2,405
5Jefferson County, MO8253961.0$656K+2.7%#104 of 2,405
6Cass County, MO8233076.4$548K+7.1%#109 of 2,405
7Ray County, MO805054.8$680K+1.1%#131 of 2,405
8Osage County, MO803464.3$593K+2.7%#136 of 2,405
9Webster County, MO7810373.8$490K+10.4%#180 of 2,405
10Douglas County, MO762247.3$647K+6.4%#216 of 2,405
13Bollinger County, MO721948.2$676K+0.9%#328 of 2,405

Other business types in Bollinger County

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

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Bollinger County, MO?

Bollinger County has 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023.

How much do households in Bollinger County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $12.8M a year, or $3,259 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $676K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,941 households in Bollinger County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bollinger County, MO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Bollinger County has 48.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $676K, 82% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Bollinger County would have about 35, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 788 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Bollinger County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Bollinger County at 10,646 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,941 households. The median household income in Bollinger County is $63,814 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 44.5% 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. Bollinger County scores 72 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #328 of 2,405 scored counties.

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

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