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Restaurants and cafes in Greene County, AL

How Greene County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
25
9 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.2M
On food away from home · $2,547 a household
Spending per listing
$329K
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
77.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,067
−8.2% 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 Greene County comes to about $8.2M a year: $2,547 per household, 37% below the U.S. average. Spread across 25 restaurants and cafes, that is $329K per restaurant, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K.

There are 25 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Greene County as of September 2026. 9 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 77.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for restaurants and other eating places in Greene County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Greene County declined 8.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Greene 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.

Restaurants and cafes in Greene County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households77.592.0109.8
Spending per listing$329K$382K$371K
Households per official establishmentn/a246209
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.4%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.2%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,547$3,519$4,070
Median household income$29,200$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
259 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Greene 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 Greene County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,067−8.2% since 2020
Households
3,225
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
647 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$29,200
Average household income
$47,310
Median home value
$81,200
Jobs located here
1,754
Daytime population
6,350Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Restaurants and cafes across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Greene County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for restaurants and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL9123757.9$697K+18.0%#20 of 2,405
2Cleburne County, AL782643.5$725K+6.0%#166 of 2,405
3St. Clair County, AL7427979.5$463K+7.1%#278 of 2,405
4Lawrence County, AL737252.8$645K+2.3%#288 of 2,405
5Blount County, AL7312455.9$610K+1.8%#290 of 2,405
6Autauga County, AL7315567.6$556K+5.1%#299 of 2,405
7Shelby County, AL7376788.3$502K+6.5%#310 of 2,405
8Chilton County, AL7212067.1$500K+5.9%#343 of 2,405
9Washington County, AL702948.6$732K−3.3%#387 of 2,405
10Cherokee County, AL706462.8$512K+5.8%#402 of 2,405
Greene County, ALNot scored2577.5$329K−8.2%

Other business types in Greene County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many restaurants and cafes are in Greene County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 25 restaurants and cafes in Greene County. 9 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. No official count is published for restaurants and other eating places in Greene County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $8.2M a year, or $2,547 per household. That is 37% below the U.S. average (an index of 63, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $329K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,225 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greene County, AL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?

Greene County has 77.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $329K, 11% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Greene County would have about 22, against 25 on map listings.

How fast is Greene County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 7,067 people in 2025, down 8.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,225 households. Median household income in Greene County is $29,200, 64% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for restaurants and cafes · All 56 business types in Greene County

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