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Pizza places in Cherokee County, AL
How Cherokee County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $32.8M
- On food away from home · $3,218 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.9M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 64% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,413
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 pizza places in Cherokee County. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Cherokee County spend about $32.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,218 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.9M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Cherokee County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 679 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.
Population estimates show Cherokee County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 pizza places on map listings, Cherokee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Cherokee 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 pizza places 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 | Cherokee County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $10.9M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 679 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,218 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,863 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 347
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 limited-service restaurants in Cherokee 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.
Population and households in Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,413+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 10,192
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $53,863+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,789
- Median home value
- $179,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,279
- Daytime population
- 21,170Residents 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 | 89 | 19 | 4.6 | $8.7M | +18.0% | #15 of 2,090 |
| 2Blount County, AL | 73 | 7 | 3.2 | $10.8M | +1.8% | #208 of 2,090 |
| 3Autauga County, AL | 73 | 9 | 3.9 | $9.6M | +5.1% | #209 of 2,090 |
| 4Chilton County, AL | 72 | 7 | 3.9 | $8.6M | +5.9% | #236 of 2,090 |
| 5Shelby County, AL | 68 | 62 | 7.1 | $6.2M | +6.5% | #367 of 2,090 |
| 6Madison County, AL | 68 | 111 | 6.7 | $6.2M | +11.0% | #369 of 2,090 |
| 7Elmore County, AL | 67 | 18 | 5.5 | $6.8M | +4.2% | #390 of 2,090 |
| 8St. Clair County, AL | 67 | 23 | 6.6 | $5.6M | +7.1% | #406 of 2,090 |
| 9Dale County, AL | 66 | 6 | 3.0 | $10.4M | +1.3% | #430 of 2,090 |
| 10Coffee County, AL | 63 | 10 | 4.8 | $7.5M | +6.3% | #530 of 2,090 |
| Cherokee County, AL | Not scored | 3 | 2.9 | $10.9M | +5.8% |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Cherokee County, AL?
Cherokee County has 3 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.
How much do households in Cherokee County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $32.8M a year, or $3,218 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $10.9M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,192 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Cherokee County has 2.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $10.9M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 7, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 679 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 26,413 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,192 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $53,863 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. 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. Cherokee County has no market score for pizza places: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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