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Restaurants and cafes in Coffee County, AL
How Coffee County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,181 of 2,405 scored counties
#34 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 191
- 78 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 103
- +22.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $74.9M
- On food away from home · $3,567 a household
- Spending per listing
- $392K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 91.0
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 56,953
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 191 restaurants and cafes in Coffee County. Of those, 78 are chain locations, or 41%, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 91.0, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,567 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Coffee County spend about $74.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $392K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 103 businesses with payroll in Coffee County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 22.6% from 2019. That is one for every 204 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $445K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Coffee County.
Population estimates put the population change in Coffee County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Coffee County is 50 (upper middle), #1,181 of 2,405 scored counties and #34 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
How Coffee 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 restaurants and cafes 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 | Coffee County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 91.0 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $392K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 204 | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.6% | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,567 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,353 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 103+22.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,893
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19178 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 202The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $445K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Coffee 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.
Population and households in Coffee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 56,953+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 20,984
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 679 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $68,353+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,186
- Median home value
- $188,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,173
- Daytime population
- 51,210Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 91 | 237 | 57.9 | $697K | +18.0% | #20 of 2,405 |
| 2Cleburne County, AL | 78 | 26 | 43.5 | $725K | +6.0% | #166 of 2,405 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 74 | 279 | 79.5 | $463K | +7.1% | #278 of 2,405 |
| 4Lawrence County, AL | 73 | 72 | 52.8 | $645K | +2.3% | #288 of 2,405 |
| 5Blount County, AL | 73 | 124 | 55.9 | $610K | +1.8% | #290 of 2,405 |
| 6Autauga County, AL | 73 | 155 | 67.6 | $556K | +5.1% | #299 of 2,405 |
| 7Shelby County, AL | 73 | 767 | 88.3 | $502K | +6.5% | #310 of 2,405 |
| 8Chilton County, AL | 72 | 120 | 67.1 | $500K | +5.9% | #343 of 2,405 |
| 9Washington County, AL | 70 | 29 | 48.6 | $732K | −3.3% | #387 of 2,405 |
| 10Cherokee County, AL | 70 | 64 | 62.8 | $512K | +5.8% | #402 of 2,405 |
| 34Coffee County, AL | 50 | 191 | 91.0 | $392K | +6.3% | #1,181 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Coffee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes39
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Coffee County, AL?
There are 191 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Coffee County as of September 2026. 78 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 22.6% from 2019. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Coffee County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $74.9M a year, or $3,567 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 191 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $392K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,984 households in Coffee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Coffee County, AL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Coffee County has 91.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $392K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Coffee County would have about 202, against 191 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 204 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Coffee County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Coffee County at 56,953 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,984 households. The median household income in Coffee County is $68,353 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Coffee County scores 50 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #1,181 of 2,405 scored counties.
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