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Sit-down restaurants in Coosa County, AL

How Coosa County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #969 of 2,405 scored counties
#26 of 64 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13.7M
On food away from home · $3,090 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
2.9 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.8
74% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,161
−1.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 sit-down restaurants in Coosa County. None of them are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 15.8 per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.

Households in Coosa County spend about $13.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,090 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per restaurant, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Coosa County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Coosa County declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Coosa County is 54 (upper middle), #969 of 2,405 scored counties and #26 of 64 scored counties in Alabama.

How Coosa 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 sit-down restaurants counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Sit-down restaurants in Coosa County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCoosa CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.853.161.3
Spending per listing$2M$663K$664K
Households per official establishmentn/a721500
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−2.6%+1.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,090$3,519$4,070
Median household income$57,355$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score5452

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
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The 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 full-service restaurants in Coosa 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 Coosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,161−1.7% since 2020
Households
4,418
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
651 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$57,355+47.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,037
Median home value
$115,500
Jobs located here
1,582
Daytime population
7,923Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Sit-down restaurants across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Coosa County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for sit-down restaurants by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL9114134.4$1.2M+18.0%#18 of 2,405
2Cleburne County, AL791118.4$1.7M+6.0%#134 of 2,405
3Shelby County, AL7745151.9$853K+6.5%#202 of 2,405
4Autauga County, AL749240.1$936K+5.1%#278 of 2,405
5Blount County, AL707634.3$996K+1.8%#369 of 2,405
6St. Clair County, AL7017449.6$742K+7.1%#388 of 2,405
7Washington County, AL691728.5$1.2M−3.3%#393 of 2,405
8Cullman County, AL6914340.5$846K+6.7%#409 of 2,405
9Chilton County, AL697441.4$811K+5.9%#411 of 2,405
10Elmore County, AL6916048.7$769K+4.2%#415 of 2,405
26Coosa County, AL54715.8$2M−1.7%#969 of 2,405

Other business types in Coosa County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many sit-down restaurants are in Coosa County, AL?

There are 7 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Coosa County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. No official count is published for full-service restaurants in Coosa County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $13.7M a year, or $3,090 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $2M per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,418 households in Coosa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coosa County, AL compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?

Coosa County has 15.8 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $2M, 2.9 times the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Coosa County would have about 21, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Coosa County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Coosa County at 10,161 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,418 households. The median household income in Coosa County is $57,355 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.1% 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. Coosa County scores 54 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #969 of 2,405 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for sit-down restaurants · All 56 business types in Coosa County

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