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Sit-down restaurants in Catahoula Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Catahoula Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
15
4 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.2M
On food away from home · $2,883 a household
Spending per listing
$615K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
46.9
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,223
−7.0% 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 15 sit-down restaurants in Catahoula Parish. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 46.9, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

At $2,883 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Catahoula Parish spend about $9.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 15 sit-down restaurants, that is $615K per restaurant, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Catahoula Parish classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,067 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Catahoula Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −7.0%, 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 Catahoula 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.

Sit-down restaurants in Catahoula Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureCatahoula ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households46.960.161.3
Spending per listing$615K$577K$664K
Households per official establishment1,067585500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−7.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,883$3,469$4,070
Median household income$50,275$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored25

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$138K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
154 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Catahoula 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 Catahoula Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
8,223−7.0% since 2020
Households
3,201
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
709 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$50,275
Average household income
$61,815
Median home value
$101,800
Jobs located here
2,263
Daytime population
7,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Catahoula Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA7920738.6$975K+8.5%#150 of 2,405
2Ascension Parish, LA7724751.8$823K+6.4%#206 of 2,405
3West Baton Rouge Parish, LA745550.1$776K+5.5%#287 of 2,405
4East Feliciana Parish, LA731320.3$1.8M−2.8%#289 of 2,405
5Beauregard Parish, LA724230.6$1.2M+0.2%#312 of 2,405
6St. James Parish, LA672735.8$1M−5.9%#450 of 2,405
7Winn Parish, LA661531.3$986K+9.1%#483 of 2,405
8Grant Parish, LA6579.4$3.7M−0.3%#508 of 2,405
9St. Helena Parish, LA63512.0$2.4M−1.2%#593 of 2,405
10Assumption Parish, LA632224.9$1.3M−5.9%#595 of 2,405
Catahoula Parish, LANot scored1546.9$615K−7.0%

Other business types in Catahoula Parish

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 sit-down restaurants are in Catahoula Parish, LA?

Catahoula Parish has 15 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.

How much do households in Catahoula Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $9.2M a year, or $2,883 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $615K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,201 households in Catahoula Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Catahoula Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Catahoula Parish has 46.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $615K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Catahoula Parish would have about 14, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,067 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Catahoula Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Catahoula Parish at 8,223 people in 2025, down 7.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,201 households. The median household income in Catahoula Parish is $50,275 a year, 38% 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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