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Pizza places in Colbert County, AL
The pizza places in Colbert County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,394 of 2,090 scored counties
#30 of 37 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 18
- 13 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- All limited-service restaurants · +1.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $80.4M
- On food away from home · $3,309 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,474
- +3.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pizza places in Colbert County. Chain locations make up 72% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.4, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Colbert County spend about $80.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,309 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 pizza places, that is $4.5M per pizza place, 12% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Colbert County was 59 in 2023, up 1.7% from 2019. That is one for every 412 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. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Colbert County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Colbert County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,394 of 2,090 scored counties and #30 of 37 scored counties in Alabama.
How Colbert 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 | Colbert County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 412 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.7% | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,309 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,628 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58 → 59All limited-service restaurants · +1.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,545
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1813 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Colbert 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 Colbert County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,474+3.8% since 2020
- Households
- 24,301
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 593 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $60,628+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,445
- Median home value
- $171,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,900
- Daytime population
- 58,699Residents 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 |
| 30Colbert County, AL | 41 | 18 | 7.4 | $4.5M | +3.8% | #1,394 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Colbert County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Colbert County, AL?
Colbert County has 18 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.7% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Colbert County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $80.4M a year, or $3,309 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 24,301 households in Colbert County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Colbert County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Colbert County has 7.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Colbert County would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 412 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Colbert County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Colbert County at 59,474 people in 2025, up 3.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,301 households. The median household income in Colbert County is $60,628 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% 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. Colbert County scores 41 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,394 of 2,090 scored counties.
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