Food and drink · Small-town market · Missouri
Sit-down restaurants in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #426 of 538 scored small-town markets
#14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 108
- 43 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +6.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $58.4M
- On food away from home · $3,465 a household
- Spending per listing
- $541K
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.1
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,442
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For sit-down restaurants, the Fort Leonard Wood area has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #426 of 538 scored small-town markets and #14 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Household spending on food away from home in the Fort Leonard Wood area comes to about $58.4M a year: $3,465 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $541K per restaurant, 19% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 108 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Fort Leonard Wood area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 64.1, 5% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the Fort Leonard Wood area in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019. That is one for every 481 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $496K have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Fort Leonard Wood area. Population estimates show the Fort Leonard Wood area grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Fort Leonard Wood area 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.
| Measure | Fort Leonard Wood area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.1 | 53.7 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $541K | $708K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 481 | 555 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.1% | −2.3% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,465 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,466 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35+6.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 539
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10843 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
- 3
- Amount
- $496K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Fort Leonard Wood 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 Fort Leonard Wood area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,442+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 16,851
- Median age
- 30.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 547 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $64,466+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,072
- Median home value
- $189,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,976
- Daytime population
- 49,673Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Missouri (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fort Leonard Wood area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warrensburg, MO | 77 | 91 | 43.2 | $826K | +4.9% | #33 of 538 |
| 2Mexico, MO | 66 | 34 | 36.9 | $898K | −1.0% | #100 of 538 |
| 3Sedalia, MO | 66 | 78 | 45.9 | $734K | +2.9% | #106 of 538 |
| 4Farmington, MO | 53 | 116 | 46.7 | $711K | +2.1% | #235 of 538 |
| 5Hannibal, MO | 51 | 68 | 44.5 | $769K | +0.4% | #253 of 538 |
| 6Rolla, MO | 51 | 89 | 51.4 | $656K | +1.6% | #259 of 538 |
| Quincy, IL-MO | 48 | 148 | 47.6 | $746K | −2.0% | #282 of 538 |
| 7Maryville, MO | 45 | 40 | 47.3 | $705K | −4.0% | #321 of 538 |
| 8Moberly, MO | 42 | 42 | 45.4 | $711K | +0.2% | #343 of 538 |
| 9Kirksville, MO | 42 | 58 | 55.6 | $608K | +1.9% | #351 of 538 |
| 14Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 35 | 108 | 64.1 | $541K | +0.8% | #426 of 538 |
Other business types in the Fort Leonard Wood area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
Groceries and convenience
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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 the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 108 sit-down restaurants in the Fort Leonard Wood area. 43 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 6.1% from 2019. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area spend on food away from home?
About $58.4M a year, or $3,465 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $541K 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 16,851 households in the Fort Leonard Wood area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Fort Leonard Wood area has 64.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $541K, 19% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Fort Leonard Wood area would have about 88, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 481 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Leonard Wood, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Leonard Wood area at 54,442 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,851 households. Median household income in the Fort Leonard Wood area is $64,466, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. 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 Fort Leonard Wood area scores 35 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #426 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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