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Pizza places in Jefferson County, AL
How Jefferson 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 #1,295 of 2,090 scored counties
#26 of 37 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 175
- 128 chain locations (73%)
- Official establishments
- 743
- All limited-service restaurants · +6.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $991.6M
- On food away from home · $3,674 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 12% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 665,742
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 175 pizza places in Jefferson County. 128 of them (73%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Jefferson County spend about $991.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,674 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.7M per pizza place, 12% above 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 743 businesses with payroll in Jefferson County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 363 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 119 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $15.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Jefferson County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jefferson County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, Jefferson County has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,295 of 2,090 scored counties and #26 of 37 scored counties in Alabama.
How Jefferson 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 | Jefferson County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 363 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.0% | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,674 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,388 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 701 → 743All limited-service restaurants · +6.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 13,702
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $276.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 119All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 175128 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 195The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 26
- Amount
- $15.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 665,742−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 269,883
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,112 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 601
- Median household income
- $66,388+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,697
- Median home value
- $240,000
- Jobs located here
- 395,444
- Daytime population
- 777,965Residents 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 Jefferson 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 |
| 26Jefferson County, AL | 43 | 175 | 6.5 | $5.7M | −1.3% | #1,295 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Jefferson County, AL?
Jefferson County has 175 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 128 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 743 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 119 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Jefferson County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $991.6M a year, or $3,674 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 269,883 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Jefferson County has 6.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.7M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 195, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 363 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson County at 665,742 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 269,883 households. The median household income in Jefferson County is $66,388 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Jefferson County scores 43 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,295 of 2,090 scored counties.
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