Food and drink · Small-town market · Mississippi
Sit-down restaurants in the McComb, MS area
How the McComb, MS area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #387 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 93
- 31 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −10.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $58.3M
- On food away from home · $2,873 a household
- Spending per listing
- $627K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 45.8
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,640
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the McComb area spend about $58.3M a year on food away from home, or $2,873 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $627K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
The McComb area has 93 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 45.8 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 25 businesses with payroll in the McComb area classed as full-service restaurants, down 10.7% from 2019. That is one for every 812 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $134K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the McComb area.
Population estimates show the McComb area declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in the McComb area is 39 (lower middle), #387 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Mississippi.
How the McComb area 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 | McComb area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 45.8 | 55.4 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $627K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 812 | 654 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.7% | +2.1% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,873 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,597 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25−10.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 507
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9331 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $134K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the McComb 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 McComb area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,640−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,297
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 813 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $44,597
- Average household income
- $63,471
- Median home value
- $115,600
- Jobs located here
- 17,368
- Daytime population
- 49,992Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Mississippi for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with the McComb area marked.
Top small-town markets in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Picayune, MS | 64 | 100 | 45.7 | $716K | +5.6% | #125 of 538 |
| 2Laurel, MS | 56 | 130 | 41.1 | $763K | −1.5% | #203 of 538 |
| 3Brookhaven, MS | 50 | 67 | 50.9 | $626K | +0.5% | #266 of 538 |
| 4Starkville, MS | 42 | 124 | 47.9 | $660K | +0.8% | #346 of 538 |
| 5McComb, MS | 39 | 93 | 45.8 | $627K | −2.6% | #387 of 538 |
| 6Meridian, MS | 35 | 176 | 50.8 | $610K | −3.2% | #424 of 538 |
| 7Tupelo, MS | 34 | 314 | 60.6 | $560K | +0.8% | #433 of 538 |
| 8Columbus, MS | 33 | 148 | 54.9 | $566K | −2.7% | #441 of 538 |
| 9Natchez, MS-LA | 33 | 115 | 55.5 | $522K | −0.9% | #447 of 538 |
| 10Oxford, MS | 33 | 223 | 92.8 | $384K | +5.3% | #449 of 538 |
Other business types in the McComb area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes24
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops9
- Pizza32
- Coffee shops and cafes28
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the McComb, MS area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 93 sit-down restaurants in the McComb area. 31 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 10.7% from 2019. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the McComb, MS area spend on food away from home?
About $58.3M a year, or $2,873 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $627K 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 20,297 households in the McComb area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McComb, MS area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The McComb area has 45.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $627K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the McComb area would have about 88, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 812 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the McComb, MS area growing?
Population estimates put the McComb area at 52,640 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,297 households. Median household income in the McComb area is $44,597, 45% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 McComb area scores 39 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #387 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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