Food and drink · County · Mississippi
Sit-down restaurants in DeSoto County, MS
How DeSoto County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,012 of 2,405 scored counties
#16 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 430
- 190 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 133
- +12.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $282.1M
- On food away from home · $3,974 a household
- Spending per listing
- $656K
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 60.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 197,918
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in DeSoto County spend about $282.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,974 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 430 sit-down restaurants, that is $656K per restaurant, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
DeSoto County has 430 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 60.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 133 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in DeSoto County in 2023, up 12.7% from 2019. That is one for every 534 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 37 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in DeSoto County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of DeSoto County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). DeSoto County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,012 of 2,405 scored counties and #16 of 67 scored counties in Mississippi.
How DeSoto County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | DeSoto County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 60.6 | 55.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $656K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 534 | 654 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.7% | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,974 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $85,297 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 118 → 133+12.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,324
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $79.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 37Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 430190 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 425The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in DeSoto County, 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 DeSoto County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 197,918+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 70,986
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 476 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 402
- Median household income
- $85,297+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,760
- Median home value
- $269,600
- Jobs located here
- 80,765
- Daytime population
- 177,794Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with DeSoto County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tate County, MS | 70 | 40 | 36.3 | $941K | +2.1% | #377 of 2,405 |
| 2Greene County, MS | 64 | 8 | 19.5 | $1.6M | +1.3% | #546 of 2,405 |
| 3Amite County, MS | 63 | 6 | 10.3 | $2.6M | −1.7% | #592 of 2,405 |
| 4Walthall County, MS | 63 | 17 | 32.1 | $967K | +0.4% | #609 of 2,405 |
| 5Leake County, MS | 61 | 26 | 35.1 | $846K | +1.9% | #707 of 2,405 |
| 6Itawamba County, MS | 59 | 33 | 34.3 | $952K | +1.3% | #768 of 2,405 |
| 7George County, MS | 59 | 42 | 45.2 | $747K | +8.1% | #785 of 2,405 |
| 8Rankin County, MS | 59 | 346 | 57.5 | $673K | +3.2% | #793 of 2,405 |
| 9Perry County, MS | 58 | 10 | 21.5 | $1.4M | +1.1% | #794 of 2,405 |
| 10Smith County, MS | 57 | 15 | 26.8 | $1.2M | −1.5% | #836 of 2,405 |
| 16DeSoto County, MS | 54 | 430 | 60.6 | $656K | +6.3% | #1,012 of 2,405 |
Other business types in DeSoto County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza59
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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 DeSoto County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 430 sit-down restaurants in DeSoto County. 190 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 133 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.7% from 2019. Official counts list 37 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in DeSoto County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $282.1M a year, or $3,974 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 430 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $656K 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 70,986 households in DeSoto County and national spending patterns by income.
How does DeSoto County, MS compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
DeSoto County has 60.6 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $656K, in line with the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, DeSoto County would have about 425, against 430 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 534 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is DeSoto County, MS growing?
Population estimates put DeSoto County at 197,918 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,986 households. Median household income in DeSoto County is $85,297, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. DeSoto County scores 54 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,012 of 2,405 scored counties.
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