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Fast food and sandwich shops in Bibb County, AL

The fast food and sandwich shops in Bibb County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,013 of 2,222 scored counties
#14 of 60 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
11
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$23.6M
On food away from home · $3,061 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,262
+0.4% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Bibb County comes to about $23.6M a year: $3,061 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Bibb County has 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Bibb County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 700 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bibb County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bibb County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Bibb County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,013 of 2,222 scored counties and #14 of 60 scored counties in Alabama.

How Bibb County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Bibb County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureBibb CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.115.113.3
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)700450478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,061$3,519$4,070
Median household income$52,541$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5320

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 11All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
211
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
77 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bibb 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in Bibb County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,262+0.4% since 2020
Households
7,704
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
623 sq. mi.
People per square mile
36
Median household income
$52,541+10.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,481
Median home value
$145,700
Jobs located here
4,818
Daytime population
18,469Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Bibb County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL86399.5$4.2M+18.0%#44 of 2,222
2Randolph County, AL7077.6$4.2M+4.8%#354 of 2,222
3Blount County, AL69188.1$4.2M+1.8%#391 of 2,222
4Lawrence County, AL67128.8$3.9M+2.3%#468 of 2,222
5Cleburne County, AL65610.0$3.1M+6.0%#555 of 2,222
6Shelby County, AL6211913.7$3.2M+6.5%#658 of 2,222
7Autauga County, AL602812.2$3.1M+5.1%#749 of 2,222
8Cherokee County, AL591110.8$3M+5.8%#793 of 2,222
9Baldwin County, AL5814014.2$2.7M+14.8%#838 of 2,222
10Chilton County, AL572111.7$2.9M+5.9%#868 of 2,222
14Bibb County, AL5379.1$3.4M+0.4%#1,013 of 2,222

Other business types in Bibb County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Bibb County, AL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 fast food and sandwich shops in Bibb County. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bibb County, AL spend on food away from home?

About $23.6M a year, or $3,061 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,704 households in Bibb County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bibb County, AL compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Bibb County has 9.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Bibb County would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 700 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Bibb County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Bibb County at 22,262 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,704 households. Median household income in Bibb County is $52,541, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.5%, 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. 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. Bibb County scores 53 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #1,013 of 2,222 scored counties.

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