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Pizza places in Hot Spring County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Hot Spring County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #575 of 2,090 scored counties
#3 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $38.7M
- On food away from home · $3,141 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,451
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pizza places in Hot Spring County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 50%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Hot Spring County comes to about $38.7M a year: $3,141 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.4M per pizza place, 27% 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 17 businesses with payroll in Hot Spring County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 724 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 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hot Spring County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Hot Spring County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #575 of 2,090 scored counties and #3 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Hot Spring County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Hot Spring County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $4.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 724 | 506 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,141 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $55,405 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 17All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 365
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 63 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,451+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 12,310
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 615 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $55,405+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,323
- Median home value
- $151,100
- Jobs located here
- 7,843
- Daytime population
- 28,215Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Hot Spring County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 71 | 93 | 8.3 | $5.2M | +16.0% | #285 of 2,090 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 68 | 36 | 7.2 | $5.3M | +7.6% | #373 of 2,090 |
| 3Hot Spring County, AR | 62 | 6 | 4.9 | $6.4M | +1.1% | #575 of 2,090 |
| 4Marion County, AR | 60 | 5 | 6.5 | $4.5M | +4.3% | #653 of 2,090 |
| 5Greene County, AR | 58 | 10 | 5.6 | $5.8M | +3.4% | #711 of 2,090 |
| 6Lonoke County, AR | 57 | 25 | 8.8 | $4.2M | +3.5% | #759 of 2,090 |
| 7Miller County, AR | 54 | 8 | 4.9 | $6.2M | −0.5% | #852 of 2,090 |
| 8Polk County, AR | 54 | 5 | 6.3 | $4.8M | +1.6% | #860 of 2,090 |
| 9Johnson County, AR | 53 | 5 | 4.8 | $5.9M | +2.0% | #886 of 2,090 |
| 10Logan County, AR | 53 | 7 | 8.2 | $4M | +2.5% | #913 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County, AR?
Hot Spring County has 6 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hot Spring County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $38.7M a year, or $3,141 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,310 households in Hot Spring County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hot Spring County, AR compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Hot Spring County has 4.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.4M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Hot Spring County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 724 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Hot Spring County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Hot Spring County at 33,451 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,310 households. The median household income in Hot Spring County is $55,405 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.2% 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. Hot Spring County scores 62 for pizza places (upper middle), #575 of 2,090 scored counties.
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