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Restaurants and cafes in Butler County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Butler County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,321 of 2,405 scored counties
#82 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 181
- 77 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- +9.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.2M
- On food away from home · $3,086 a household
- Spending per listing
- $283K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 109.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Butler County is 18 (low), #2,321 of 2,405 scored counties and #82 of 85 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Butler County comes to about $51.2M a year: $3,086 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $283K per restaurant, 24% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Butler County has 181 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That is 109.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Butler County was 79 in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019. That is one for every 210 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Butler County. Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Butler 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 | Butler County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 109.1 | 98.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $283K | $385K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 210 | 235 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.7% | +6.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,086 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 72 → 79+9.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,470
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18177 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 138The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents 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 |
| 82Butler County, MO | 18 | 181 | 109.1 | $283K | −0.4% | #2,321 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes18
- Sit-down restaurants24
- Fast food and sandwich shops19
- Pizza12
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Butler County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 181 restaurants and cafes in Butler County. 77 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Butler County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $51.2M a year, or $3,086 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 181 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $283K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,594 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, MO compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Butler County has 109.1 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $283K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Butler County would have about 138, against 181 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 210 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. Median household income in Butler County is $49,089, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Butler County scores 18 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,321 of 2,405 scored counties.
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