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Pizza places in Shelby County, AL
The pizza places in Shelby County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #367 of 2,090 scored counties
#5 of 37 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 62
- 51 chain locations (82%)
- Official establishments
- 201
- All limited-service restaurants · +7.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $384.9M
- On food away from home · $4,431 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 238,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Shelby County comes to about $384.9M a year: $4,431 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 62 pizza places, that is $6.2M per pizza place, 22% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Shelby County has 62 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 82% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Shelby County was 201 in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 432 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 also show 32 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $7.8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Shelby County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Shelby County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #367 of 2,090 scored counties and #5 of 37 scored counties in Alabama. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 432 | 450 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.5% | +8.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,431 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,961 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 187 → 201All limited-service restaurants · +7.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,574
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $91.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6251 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $7.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 238,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 86,866
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 785 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 293
- Median household income
- $97,961+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,135
- Median home value
- $326,100
- Jobs located here
- 95,355
- Daytime population
- 222,801Residents 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 |
Other business types in Shelby County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Shelby County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 pizza places in Shelby County. 51 of them (82%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 201 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Shelby County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $384.9M a year, or $4,431 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 86,866 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, AL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Shelby County has 7.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.2M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Shelby County would have about 76, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 432 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 238,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,866 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $97,961, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Shelby County scores 68 for pizza places (upper middle), #367 of 2,090 scored counties.
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