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Fast food and sandwich shops in Pike County, AL

How Pike 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 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,145 of 2,222 scored counties
#53 of 60 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
33
31 chain locations (94%)
Official establishments
38
All limited-service restaurants · +2.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$38.5M
On food away from home · $3,087 a household
Spending per listing
$1.2M
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.4
98% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,688
+2.4% 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

Pike County scores 15 (low) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #2,145 of 2,222 scored counties and #53 of 60 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 fast food and sandwich shops in Pike County. Chain locations make up 94% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 26.4 per 10,000 households, 98% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,087 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Pike County spend about $38.5M a year on food away from home. That works out to $1.2M per shop, 62% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 38 businesses with payroll in Pike County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 329 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Population estimates put the population change in Pike County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Pike 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 Pike County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasurePike CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.415.113.3
Spending per listing$1.2M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)329450478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.7%+8.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,087$3,519$4,070
Median household income$48,677$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score1520

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37 → 38All limited-service restaurants · +2.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
779
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3331 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Pike 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 Pike County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,688+2.4% since 2020
Households
12,484
Median age
35.5
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
672 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$48,677+30.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,387
Median home value
$157,600
Jobs located here
15,417
Daytime population
34,472Residents 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 Pike 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
53Pike County, AL153326.4$1.2M+2.4%#2,145 of 2,222

Other business types in Pike 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 Pike County, AL?

There are 33 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Pike County as of September 2026. 31 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.7% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $38.5M a year, or $3,087 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,484 households in Pike County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pike County has 26.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 98% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Pike County would have about 13, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 329 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pike County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Pike County at 33,688 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,484 households. The median household income in Pike County is $48,677 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Pike County scores 15 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #2,145 of 2,222 scored counties.

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