Food and drink · Metro area · Alabama
Pizza places in the Gadsden, AL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Gadsden, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #364 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 26
- 17 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 97
- All limited-service restaurants · +10.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $123.5M
- On food away from home · $3,133 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 103,886
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Gadsden metro area is 23 (low), #364 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $3,133 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in the Gadsden metro area spend about $123.5M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.7M per pizza place, 7% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 26 pizza places on map listings in the Gadsden metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 97 businesses with payroll in the Gadsden metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 10.2% from 2019. That is one for every 406 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $635K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Gadsden metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Gadsden metro area grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Gadsden metro area 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 | Gadsden metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 406 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.2% | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,133 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,563 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 97All limited-service restaurants · +10.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,020
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2617 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
- 1
- Amount
- $635K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Gadsden metro 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.
Population and households in the Gadsden metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 103,886+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 39,411
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 535 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 193
- Median household income
- $54,563+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,295
- Median home value
- $167,100
- Jobs located here
- 33,151
- Daytime population
- 97,399Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for pizza places, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Gadsden metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 70 | 130 | 6.3 | $6.5M | +12.5% | #59 of 387 |
| 2Tuscaloosa, AL | 57 | 50 | 4.7 | $7.3M | +2.9% | #129 of 387 |
| 3Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 57 | 80 | 8.1 | $4.8M | +14.8% | #135 of 387 |
| 4Auburn-Opelika, AL | 55 | 39 | 5.1 | $6.9M | +7.1% | #152 of 387 |
| 5Decatur, AL | 55 | 35 | 5.6 | $6.4M | +2.5% | #154 of 387 |
| 6Birmingham, AL | 46 | 291 | 6.3 | $6M | +1.4% | #224 of 387 |
| 7Montgomery, AL | 45 | 76 | 5.0 | $6.9M | +0.9% | #231 of 387 |
| 8Dothan, AL | 41 | 34 | 5.6 | $5.9M | +3.4% | #257 of 387 |
| 9Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 39 | 42 | 6.6 | $5.1M | +3.5% | #273 of 387 |
| 10Mobile, AL | 38 | 93 | 5.8 | $5.9M | −0.7% | #285 of 387 |
| 12Gadsden, AL | 23 | 26 | 6.6 | $4.7M | +0.4% | #364 of 387 |
Other business types in the Gadsden metro area
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Gadsden, AL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 pizza places in the Gadsden metro area. 17 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 97 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Gadsden, AL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $123.5M a year, or $3,133 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 39,411 households in the Gadsden metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gadsden, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Gadsden metro area has 6.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.7M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Gadsden metro area would have about 24, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 406 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Gadsden, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Gadsden metro area at 103,886 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,411 households. Median household income in the Gadsden metro area is $54,563, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. The Gadsden metro area scores 23 for pizza places (low), #364 of 387 scored metro areas.
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