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Pizza places in Cullman County, AL

How Cullman County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #533 of 2,090 scored counties
#11 of 37 scored counties in Alabama

Listings
18
15 chain locations (83%)
Official establishments
73
All limited-service restaurants · +1.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$120.9M
On food away from home · $3,421 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
32% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
36% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
94,009
+6.7% 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

Households in Cullman County spend about $120.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,421 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 pizza places, that is $6.7M per pizza place, 32% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 18 pizza places on map listings in Cullman County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 83% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Cullman County was 73 in 2023, up 1.4% from 2019. That is one for every 484 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Cullman County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Cullman County has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #533 of 2,090 scored counties and #11 of 37 scored counties in Alabama.

How Cullman 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.

Pizza in Cullman County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCullman CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.15.78.0
Spending per listing$6.7M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)484450478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.4%+8.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,421$3,519$4,070
Median household income$62,656$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market score6348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
72 → 73All limited-service restaurants · +1.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,948
Annual payroll, 2023
$35.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1815 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The 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 Cullman 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 Cullman County

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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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for pizza places, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Cullman County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Limestone County, AL89194.6$8.7M+18.0%#15 of 2,090
2Blount County, AL7373.2$10.8M+1.8%#208 of 2,090
3Autauga County, AL7393.9$9.6M+5.1%#209 of 2,090
4Chilton County, AL7273.9$8.6M+5.9%#236 of 2,090
5Shelby County, AL68627.1$6.2M+6.5%#367 of 2,090
6Madison County, AL681116.7$6.2M+11.0%#369 of 2,090
7Elmore County, AL67185.5$6.8M+4.2%#390 of 2,090
8St. Clair County, AL67236.6$5.6M+7.1%#406 of 2,090
9Dale County, AL6663.0$10.4M+1.3%#430 of 2,090
10Coffee County, AL63104.8$7.5M+6.3%#530 of 2,090
11Cullman County, AL63185.1$6.7M+6.7%#533 of 2,090

Other business types in Cullman County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Cullman County, AL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 pizza places in Cullman County. 15 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $120.9M a year, or $3,421 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,347 households in Cullman County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cullman County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Cullman County has 5.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.7M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Cullman County would have about 24, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 484 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Cullman County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Cullman County at 94,009 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,347 households. Median household income in Cullman County is $62,656, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.5%, 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. Cullman County scores 63 for pizza places (upper middle), #533 of 2,090 scored counties.

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