Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · Alabama
Grocery and convenience stores in the Cullman, AL area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Cullman, AL area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #153 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama
- Listings
- 86
- 25 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $201.2M
- On groceries · $5,691 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.3
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 94,009
- +6.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,691 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Cullman area spend about $201.2M a year on groceries. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each store on map listings, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The Cullman area has 86 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 24.3 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in the Cullman area classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 2,209 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show the Cullman area grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Cullman area is 63 (upper middle), #153 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Alabama.
How the Cullman area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores 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 | Cullman area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.3 | 21.3 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,209 | 1,657 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.1% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.7% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,691 | $5,771 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $62,656 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 624
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8625 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 59The 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 grocery and convenience stores in the Cullman area, 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 the Cullman area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 94,009+6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 35,347
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 735 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 123
- Median household income
- $62,656+39.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,606
- Median home value
- $199,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,045
- Daytime population
- 83,269Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Cullman area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enterprise, AL | 70 | 45 | 21.4 | $2.7M | +6.3% | #84 of 538 |
| 2Cullman, AL | 63 | 86 | 24.3 | $2.3M | +6.7% | #153 of 538 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 53 | 76 | 20.0 | $2.7M | 0.0% | #256 of 538 |
| 4Ozark, AL | 45 | 42 | 21.3 | $2.6M | +1.3% | #331 of 538 |
| 5Troy, AL | 45 | 34 | 27.2 | $2M | +2.4% | #335 of 538 |
| 6Albertville, AL | 44 | 100 | 27.4 | $2.1M | +6.0% | #344 of 538 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 37 | 95 | 23.6 | $2.3M | +3.0% | #403 of 538 |
| 7Scottsboro, AL | 36 | 65 | 29.8 | $1.8M | +3.3% | #414 of 538 |
| 8Alexander City, AL | 32 | 51 | 29.9 | $1.9M | −0.8% | #442 of 538 |
| 9Russellville, AL | 26 | 31 | 25.9 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #472 of 538 |
Other business types in the Cullman area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores63
- Grocery stores60
- Convenience stores67
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Cullman, AL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 86 grocery and convenience stores in the Cullman area. 25 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cullman, AL area spend on groceries?
About $201.2M a year, or $5,691 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,347 households in the Cullman area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cullman, AL area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Cullman area has 24.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.3M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Cullman area would have about 59, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,209 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is the Cullman, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Cullman area at 94,009 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,347 households. The median household income in the Cullman area is $62,656 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cullman area scores 63 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #153 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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