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Pizza places in Russell County, AL
The pizza places in Russell County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,168 of 2,090 scored counties
#23 of 37 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 10
- 8 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $72.5M
- On food away from home · $3,027 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,898
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,027 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Russell County spend about $72.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 43% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Russell County has 10 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Russell County was 51 in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 469 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 list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $610K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Russell County.
Population estimates show Russell County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, Russell County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,168 of 2,090 scored counties and #23 of 37 scored counties in Alabama.
How Russell 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 | Russell County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 469 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.0% | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,027 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,197 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50 → 51All limited-service restaurants · +2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 990
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 108 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $610K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Russell 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 Russell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,898−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 23,938
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 641 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $51,197+20.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,551
- Median home value
- $165,700
- Jobs located here
- 13,941
- Daytime population
- 51,647Residents 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 |
| 23Russell County, AL | 46 | 10 | 4.2 | $7.2M | −0.6% | #1,168 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Russell County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pizza places in Russell County. 8 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.0% 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 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Russell County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $72.5M a year, or $3,027 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 23,938 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Russell County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Russell County has 4.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.2M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Russell County would have about 14, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 469 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Russell County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Russell County at 58,898 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,938 households. Median household income in Russell County is $51,197, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.6%, 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. Russell County scores 46 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,168 of 2,090 scored counties.
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