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Fast food and sandwich shops in Macon County, AL

How Macon County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,097 of 2,222 scored counties
#49 of 60 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
9
9 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
16
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$21.1M
On food away from home · $2,909 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.4
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,132
−6.8% 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

The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Macon County is 17 (low), #2,097 of 2,222 scored counties and #49 of 60 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Macon County spend about $21.1M a year on food away from home, or $2,909 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.3M per shop, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Macon County has 9 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 is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Macon County in 2023. That is one for every 452 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. Population estimates show Macon County declined 6.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Macon 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 Macon County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureMacon CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.415.113.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)452450478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.8%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,909$3,519$4,070
Median household income$43,707$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score1720

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 16All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
180
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
99 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 limited-service restaurants in Macon 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 Macon County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,132−6.8% since 2020
Households
7,237
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
609 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$43,707+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,220
Median home value
$102,000
Jobs located here
4,711
Daytime population
15,475Residents 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 Macon 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
49Macon County, AL17912.4$2.3M−6.8%#2,097 of 2,222

Other business types in Macon County

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

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Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 fast food and sandwich shops in Macon County. 9 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 16 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.

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

About $21.1M a year, or $2,909 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 7,237 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Macon County has 12.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Macon County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 452 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Macon County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Macon County at 18,132 people in 2025, down 6.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,237 households. Median household income in Macon County is $43,707, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Macon County scores 17 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #2,097 of 2,222 scored counties.

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