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Pizza places in Houston County, AL
How Houston 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 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,297 of 2,090 scored counties
#27 of 37 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 28
- 18 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- 119
- All limited-service restaurants · −0.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $144.7M
- On food away from home · $3,342 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 110,318
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Houston County spend about $144.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,342 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 pizza places, that is $5.2M per pizza place, 2% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 28 pizza places on map listings in Houston County as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 64%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 119 businesses with payroll in Houston County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 0.8% from 2019. That is one for every 364 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. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Houston County.
Population estimates put the population change in Houston County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Houston County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,297 of 2,090 scored counties and #27 of 37 scored counties in Alabama.
How Houston 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 | Houston County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 364 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.8% | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,342 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,626 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 120 → 119All limited-service restaurants · −0.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,430
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2818 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Houston 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 Houston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 110,318+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 43,302
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 580 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $58,626+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,747
- Median home value
- $183,300
- Jobs located here
- 51,974
- Daytime population
- 116,184Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for pizza places, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Houston County marked.
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 |
| 27Houston County, AL | 43 | 28 | 6.5 | $5.2M | +2.8% | #1,297 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Houston County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 pizza places in Houston County. 18 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 0.8% 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 list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Houston County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $144.7M a year, or $3,342 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 43,302 households in Houston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Houston County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Houston County has 6.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.2M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Houston County would have about 29, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 364 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Houston County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Houston County at 110,318 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,302 households. Median household income in Houston County is $58,626, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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. Houston County scores 43 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,297 of 2,090 scored counties.
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