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Sit-down restaurants in Dade County, MO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Dade County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
15
7 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On food away from home · $3,123 a household
Spending per listing
$636K
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
49.1
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,804
+2.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 sit-down restaurants in Dade County. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 49.1, 20% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Household spending on food away from home in Dade County comes to about $9.5M a year: $3,123 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $636K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Dade County classed as full-service restaurants. That is one for every 437 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dade County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Dade County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Dade County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureDade CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households49.153.761.3
Spending per listing$636K$708K$664K
Households per official establishment437555500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.3%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,123$3,799$4,070
Median household income$53,750$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$853K
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
157 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Dade 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 Dade County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,804+2.9% since 2020
Households
3,057
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
490 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$53,750
Average household income
$70,482
Median home value
$170,600
Jobs located here
1,694
Daytime population
6,411Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Missouri

Every Missouri market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Dade County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO927131.1$1.3M+11.4%#12 of 2,405
2Warren County, MO855338.3$1M+9.2%#65 of 2,405
3Cass County, MO8416939.1$1.1M+7.1%#77 of 2,405
4Jefferson County, MO8328832.6$1.2M+2.7%#84 of 2,405
5Andrew County, MO811825.8$1.5M+0.7%#101 of 2,405
6Christian County, MO8014741.8$957K+8.3%#127 of 2,405
7Ray County, MO792527.4$1.4M+1.1%#136 of 2,405
8Webster County, MO775740.8$886K+10.4%#200 of 2,405
9Dallas County, MO761826.6$1.2M+5.2%#217 of 2,405
10Clay County, MO7447946.9$895K+4.3%#280 of 2,405
Dade County, MONot scored1549.1$636K+2.9%

Other business types in Dade County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Dade County, MO?

There are 15 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Dade County as of September 2026. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023.

How much do households in Dade County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $9.5M a year, or $3,123 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $636K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,057 households in Dade County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Dade County, MO compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Dade County has 49.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $636K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Dade County would have about 14, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 437 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.

How fast is Dade County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Dade County at 7,804 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,057 households. The median household income in Dade County is $53,750 a year, 33% 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for sit-down restaurants · All 56 business types in Dade County

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