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Restaurants and cafes in Sumter County, AL
How Sumter 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,477 of 2,405 scored counties
#44 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 30
- 12 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.7M
- On food away from home · $2,627 a household
- Spending per listing
- $422K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 62.2
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,588
- −5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Sumter County spend about $12.7M a year on food away from home, or $2,627 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That works out to $422K per restaurant, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Sumter County has 30 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 40%, against 34% across the U.S. That is 62.2 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Sumter County in 2023. That is one for every 322 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sumter County declined 5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in Sumter County is 43 (lower middle), #1,477 of 2,405 scored counties and #44 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
How Sumter 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 | Sumter County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 62.2 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $422K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 322 | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,627 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $33,310 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 165
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3012 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Sumter 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 Sumter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,588−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 4,823
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 904 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $33,310+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $52,781
- Median home value
- $82,600
- Jobs located here
- 2,933
- Daytime population
- 10,978Residents 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 |
| 44Sumter County, AL | 43 | 30 | 62.2 | $422K | −5.0% | #1,477 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Sumter County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants40
- Fast food and sandwich shops16
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Sumter County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 restaurants and cafes in Sumter County. 12 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sumter County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $12.7M a year, or $2,627 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $422K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,823 households in Sumter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sumter County, AL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Sumter County has 62.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $422K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Sumter County would have about 34, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 322 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Sumter County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Sumter County at 11,588 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,823 households. Median household income in Sumter County is $33,310, 59% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.0%, 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. Sumter County scores 43 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,477 of 2,405 scored counties.
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