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Sit-down restaurants in Bossier Parish, LA
The sit-down restaurants in Bossier Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,287 of 2,405 scored counties
#24 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 290
- 126 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 82
- −2.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $184M
- On food away from home · $3,620 a household
- Spending per listing
- $634K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.1
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,867
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Bossier Parish comes to about $184M a year: $3,620 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 290 sit-down restaurants, that is $634K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 290 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Bossier Parish as of September 2026. 126 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 57.1 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 82 businesses with payroll in Bossier Parish classed as full-service restaurants, down 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 620 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Bossier Parish grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Bossier Parish has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,287 of 2,405 scored counties and #24 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Bossier 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Bossier Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.1 | 60.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $634K | $577K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 620 | 585 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.4% | +2.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,620 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,617 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 82−2.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,262
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 290126 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 277The 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 full-service restaurants in Bossier 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 Bossier Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,867+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 50,826
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 840 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $69,617+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,201
- Median home value
- $227,200
- Jobs located here
- 45,671
- Daytime population
- 123,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 79 | 207 | 38.6 | $975K | +8.5% | #150 of 2,405 |
| 2Ascension Parish, LA | 77 | 247 | 51.8 | $823K | +6.4% | #206 of 2,405 |
| 3West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 74 | 55 | 50.1 | $776K | +5.5% | #287 of 2,405 |
| 4East Feliciana Parish, LA | 73 | 13 | 20.3 | $1.8M | −2.8% | #289 of 2,405 |
| 5Beauregard Parish, LA | 72 | 42 | 30.6 | $1.2M | +0.2% | #312 of 2,405 |
| 6St. James Parish, LA | 67 | 27 | 35.8 | $1M | −5.9% | #450 of 2,405 |
| 7Winn Parish, LA | 66 | 15 | 31.3 | $986K | +9.1% | #483 of 2,405 |
| 8Grant Parish, LA | 65 | 7 | 9.4 | $3.7M | −0.3% | #508 of 2,405 |
| 9St. Helena Parish, LA | 63 | 5 | 12.0 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #593 of 2,405 |
| 10Assumption Parish, LA | 63 | 22 | 24.9 | $1.3M | −5.9% | #595 of 2,405 |
| 24Bossier Parish, LA | 48 | 290 | 57.1 | $634K | +2.5% | #1,287 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Bossier Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Bossier Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 290 sit-down restaurants in Bossier Parish. 126 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 2.4% from 2019. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Bossier Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $184M a year, or $3,620 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $634K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 50,826 households in Bossier Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bossier Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Bossier Parish has 57.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $634K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Bossier Parish would have about 277, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 620 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Bossier Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Bossier Parish at 131,867 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 50,826 households. Median household income in Bossier Parish is $69,617, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. Bossier Parish scores 48 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,287 of 2,405 scored counties.
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