St. Louis wedding venue cost index
Computed from 20 published fee schedules across the St. Louis metro, checked between August 5, 2026 and August 11, 2026. Median published starting price $133, with half the listings between $79 and $963. 15 of 20 (75%) start under $1,000.
Starting price distribution
Across 20 St. Louis area venues in 6 cities, checked between August 5, 2026 and August 11, 2026.
| Published starting price | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lowest published starting price | Free |
| 25th percentile | $79 |
| Median | $133 |
| 75th percentile | $963 |
| Highest published starting price | $1,500 |
How many come in under each threshold
| Threshold | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Published starting price under $500 | 14 | 70% |
| Under $1,000 | 15 | 75% |
| Under $2,500 | 20 | 100% |
| Published fee of zero | 1 | 5% |
1 of the 20 listings publish a site fee of zero. The marriage license is still a separate cost.
Cheapest published price by venue type
| Venue type | Cheapest published | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Courthouse & City Hall | St. Louis City Civil Courts Building Courthouse WeddingSt. Louis, MO | Free |
| Park & Pavilion | Lily Pond ShelterSt. Louis, MO | $30 |
| State Park | Route 66 State Park - Forest & Dogwood SheltersEureka, MO | $70 |
| Chapel | St. Louis Wedding ChapelSt. Louis, MO | $150 |
| Restaurant | Lemp MansionSt. Louis, MO | $950 |
| Garden & Conservatory | Missouri Botanical Garden - Garden Ceremony SitesSt. Louis, MO | $1,200 |
| Brewery & Winery | Sugar Creek WineryDefiance, MO | $1,500 |
Courthouse ceremony fees
2 courts and clerk offices in the St. Louis area publish a ceremony fee, running from Free to $10. That fee is for the ceremony only and never includes the marriage license.
Indoor against outdoor
| Setting | Venues | Median starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor space published | 7 | $150 |
| Outdoor space published | 15 | $140 |
Published capacity
14 of the 20 St. Louis listings publish a guest capacity. The median among those is 90 guests.
Public agency against everything else
15 of 20 listings (75%) are park, courthouse, or state park sites, and 3 cite a source on a .gov, .us, or .mil domain.
| Listing category | Venues | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Park, courthouse, or state park listing | 15 | 75% |
| Everything else | 5 | 25% |
The listings behind these numbers, each with its source link and date, are on the St. Louis venue page. The national cost index ranks 41 metros against each other.
Method: every figure on this page is computed from the listings in this directory, and every listing carries a link to the venue's own published price page or a government fee schedule plus the date that page was read. Venues that do not publish a price are not in the dataset, so nothing here is an estimate, a quote, or an average of quotes. Percentiles are linear interpolations over published starting prices.