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Restaurants and cafes in Reynolds County, MO

How Reynolds County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
19
3 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.8M
On food away from home · $2,895 a household
Spending per listing
$356K
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
81.4
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,992
−1.4% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Reynolds County comes to about $6.8M a year: $2,895 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $356K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

Reynolds County has 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 81.4, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Reynolds County in 2023. That is one for every 584 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Reynolds County declined 1.4%, 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 Reynolds 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 Reynolds County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureReynolds CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households81.498.6109.8
Spending per listing$356K$385K$371K
Households per official establishment584235209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.2%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,895$3,799$4,070
Median household income$45,028$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 4
Employees, 2023
26
Annual payroll, 2023
$651K
One-person businesses, 2023
3Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
193 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The 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 Reynolds 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 Reynolds County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,992−1.4% since 2020
Households
2,335
Median age
47.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
809 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$45,028
Average household income
$60,500
Median home value
$151,700
Jobs located here
1,671
Daytime population
5,691Residents 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 Reynolds 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
Reynolds County, MONot scored1981.4$356K−1.4%

Other business types in Reynolds County

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 Reynolds County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 restaurants and cafes in Reynolds County. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $6.8M a year, or $2,895 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $356K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,335 households in Reynolds County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Reynolds County has 81.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $356K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Reynolds County would have about 18, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 584 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.

How fast is Reynolds County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Reynolds County at 5,992 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,335 households. Median household income in Reynolds County is $45,028, 44% 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 Reynolds County

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