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Sit-down restaurants in St. Martin Parish, LA

The sit-down restaurants in St. Martin Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,420 of 2,405 scored counties
#27 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
93
23 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
23
0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$64.5M
On food away from home · $3,293 a household
Spending per listing
$693K
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
47.5
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,106
−1.0% 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

Household spending on food away from home in St. Martin Parish comes to about $64.5M a year: $3,293 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 93 sit-down restaurants, that is $693K per restaurant, 4% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

There are 93 sit-down restaurants on map listings in St. Martin Parish as of September 2026. 23 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 47.5, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in St. Martin Parish was 23 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 851 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Martin Parish declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in St. Martin Parish is 45 (lower middle), #1,420 of 2,405 scored counties and #27 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Martin 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 St. Martin Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Martin ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households47.560.161.3
Spending per listing$693K$577K$664K
Households per official establishment851585500
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+2.8%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,293$3,469$4,070
Median household income$55,960$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score4525

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 230.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
436
Annual payroll, 2023
$8M
One-person businesses, 2023
12Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9323 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
97The 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 St. Martin 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 St. Martin Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
51,106−1.0% since 2020
Households
19,579
Median age
40.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
738 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$55,960+15.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,449
Median home value
$164,200
Jobs located here
13,916
Daytime population
42,150Residents 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 St. Martin 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
27St. Martin Parish, LA459347.5$693K−1.0%#1,420 of 2,405

Other business types in St. Martin Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in St. Martin Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 93 sit-down restaurants in St. Martin Parish. 23 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in St. Martin Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $64.5M a year, or $3,293 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $693K 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 19,579 households in St. Martin Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Martin Parish has 47.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $693K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, St. Martin Parish would have about 97, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 851 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is St. Martin Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Martin Parish at 51,106 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,579 households. Median household income in St. Martin Parish is $55,960, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.0%, 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. St. Martin Parish scores 45 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,420 of 2,405 scored counties.

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