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Restaurants and cafes in Talladega County, AL
How Talladega 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #747 of 2,405 scored counties
#23 of 64 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 215
- 92 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 94
- −4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $106.8M
- On food away from home · $3,174 a household
- Spending per listing
- $497K
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 63.9
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 81,603
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 215 restaurants and cafes in Talladega County. 92 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 63.9 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,174 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Talladega County spend about $106.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 215 restaurants and cafes, that is $497K per restaurant, 34% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
Official counts show 94 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Talladega County in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 358 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $832K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Talladega County.
Population estimates show Talladega County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Talladega County scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #747 of 2,405 scored counties and #23 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.
How Talladega 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 | Talladega County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 63.9 | 92.0 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $497K | $382K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 358 | 246 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.1% | +7.4% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,174 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,776 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 98 → 94−4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,111
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21592 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 288The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $832K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Talladega 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 Talladega County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 81,603+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 33,644
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 737 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $57,776+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,732
- Median home value
- $149,200
- Jobs located here
- 26,861
- Daytime population
- 73,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Talladega County marked.
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 |
| 23Talladega County, AL | 60 | 215 | 63.9 | $497K | +0.3% | #747 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Talladega County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops33
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes69
- Bakeries and dessert shops68
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Talladega County, AL?
Talladega County has 215 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 92 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 94 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 4.1% from 2019. Official counts list 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Talladega County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $106.8M a year, or $3,174 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 215 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $497K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,644 households in Talladega County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Talladega County, AL compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Talladega County has 63.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $497K, 34% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Talladega County would have about 288, against 215 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 358 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Talladega County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Talladega County at 81,603 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,644 households. The median household income in Talladega County is $57,776 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.8% 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. Talladega County scores 60 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #747 of 2,405 scored counties.
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