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Pizza places in Limestone County, AL
How Limestone 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 89 out of 100: High
Ranked #15 of 2,090 scored counties
#1 of 37 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 19
- 14 chain locations (74%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- All limited-service restaurants · +16.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $165.1M
- On food away from home · $4,031 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.7M
- 71% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 122,928
- +18.0% since 2020
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What this means
Limestone County scores 89 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #15 of 2,090 scored counties and #1 of 37 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Households in Limestone County spend about $165.1M a year on food away from home, or $4,031 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 19 pizza places, that is $8.7M per pizza place, 71% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 19 pizza places on map listings in Limestone County as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 74%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 58 businesses with payroll in Limestone County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 16.0% from 2019. That is one for every 706 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 $347K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Limestone County. Population estimates put the population change in Limestone County from 2020 to 2025 at +18.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Limestone 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 | Limestone County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.7M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 706 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.0% | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,031 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,629 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 89 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50 → 58All limited-service restaurants · +16.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,309
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1914 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $347K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Limestone 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 Limestone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,928+18.0% since 2020
- Households
- 40,953
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 197
- Median household income
- $83,629+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,289
- Median home value
- $281,000
- Jobs located here
- 33,073
- Daytime population
- 98,251Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Limestone County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 pizza places in Limestone County. 14 of them (74%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 16.0% 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 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Limestone County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $165.1M a year, or $4,031 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8.7M 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 40,953 households in Limestone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Limestone County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Limestone County has 4.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8.7M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Limestone County would have about 33, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 706 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Limestone County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Limestone County at 122,928 people in 2025, up 18.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,953 households. Median household income in Limestone County is $83,629, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.1%, 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. Limestone County scores 89 for pizza places (high), #15 of 2,090 scored counties.
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