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Sit-down restaurants in Terrebonne Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,836 of 2,405 scored counties
#41 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
235
68 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
60
−3.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$145M
On food away from home · $3,441 a household
Spending per listing
$617K
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
55.8
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,163
−4.8% 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

For sit-down restaurants, Terrebonne Parish has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,836 of 2,405 scored counties and #41 of 56 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Terrebonne Parish comes to about $145M a year: $3,441 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $617K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.

Terrebonne Parish has 235 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 68 are chain locations, or 29%, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 55.8 for every 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in Terrebonne Parish classed as full-service restaurants, down 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 702 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $195K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Terrebonne Parish. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Terrebonne Parish declined 4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureTerrebonne ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households55.860.161.3
Spending per listing$617K$577K$664K
Households per official establishment702585500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.2%+2.8%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.8%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,441$3,469$4,070
Median household income$64,836$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3525

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62 → 60−3.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,658
Annual payroll, 2023
$36M
One-person businesses, 2023
21Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
23568 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
218The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$195K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Terrebonne 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 Terrebonne Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
104,163−4.8% since 2020
Households
42,127
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,230 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$64,836+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,262
Median home value
$187,200
Jobs located here
48,042
Daytime population
112,055Residents 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 Terrebonne 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
41Terrebonne Parish, LA3523555.8$617K−4.8%#1,836 of 2,405

Other business types in Terrebonne Parish

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

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Terrebonne Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 235 sit-down restaurants in Terrebonne Parish. 68 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $145M a year, or $3,441 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 235 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $617K 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 42,127 households in Terrebonne Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Terrebonne Parish has 55.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $617K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Terrebonne Parish would have about 218, against 235 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 702 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Terrebonne Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Terrebonne Parish at 104,163 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 42,127 households. Median household income in Terrebonne Parish is $64,836, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Terrebonne Parish scores 35 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,836 of 2,405 scored counties.

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