Food and drink · Metro area · Louisiana
Sit-down restaurants in the Monroe, LA metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Monroe, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #321 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 437
- 161 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 126
- −3.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $279.3M
- On food away from home · $3,210 a household
- Spending per listing
- $639K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.2
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 222,390
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Monroe metro area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #321 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $3,210 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Monroe metro area spend about $279.3M a year on food away from home. That works out to $639K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The Monroe metro area has 437 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 50.2 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 126 businesses with payroll in the Monroe metro area classed as full-service restaurants, down 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 691 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $487K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Monroe metro area. Population estimates show the Monroe metro area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Monroe metro area 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 | Monroe metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.2 | 60.1 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $639K | $577K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 691 | 585 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.1% | +2.8% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,210 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,660 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 126−3.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,474
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $50.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 437161 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 421The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $487K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Monroe metro area, 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 the Monroe metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 222,390−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 87,006
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,838 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $51,660
- Average household income
- $76,607
- Median home value
- $170,300
- Jobs located here
- 86,435
- Daytime population
- 221,924Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Monroe metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baton Rouge, LA | 50 | 1,895 | 57.0 | $653K | +2.1% | #191 of 387 |
| 2Alexandria, LA | 49 | 255 | 45.2 | $739K | −2.5% | #193 of 387 |
| 3Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 48 | 377 | 47.2 | $735K | −3.5% | #206 of 387 |
| 4Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 39 | 715 | 68.0 | $591K | +5.3% | #284 of 387 |
| 5Lake Charles, LA | 35 | 551 | 59.9 | $602K | −3.8% | #312 of 387 |
| 6Monroe, LA | 33 | 437 | 50.2 | $639K | −1.9% | #321 of 387 |
| 7Lafayette, LA | 33 | 1,025 | 62.4 | $556K | +3.8% | #323 of 387 |
| 8Hammond, LA | 32 | 283 | 54.4 | $608K | +5.8% | #327 of 387 |
| 9Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 31 | 884 | 56.3 | $589K | −2.3% | #341 of 387 |
| 10New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 9 | 3,190 | 80.0 | $444K | −3.4% | #386 of 387 |
Other business types in the Monroe metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops25
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops31
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Monroe, LA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 437 sit-down restaurants in the Monroe metro area. 161 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 126 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.1% from 2019. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Monroe, LA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $279.3M a year, or $3,210 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 437 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $639K 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 87,006 households in the Monroe metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Monroe, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Monroe metro area has 50.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $639K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Monroe metro area would have about 421, against 437 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 691 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Monroe, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Monroe metro area at 222,390 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 87,006 households. Median household income in the Monroe metro area is $51,660, 36% 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 Monroe metro area scores 33 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #321 of 387 scored metro areas.
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