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Pizza places in Mississippi County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Mississippi County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,000 of 2,090 scored counties
#42 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 16
- 14 chain locations (88%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $49.4M
- On food away from home · $3,195 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,828
- −6.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Mississippi County is 20 (low), #2,000 of 2,090 scored counties and #42 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pizza places in Mississippi County. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 88%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.4, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Mississippi County spend about $49.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,195 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 39% below 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.
Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Mississippi County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 483 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mississippi County declined 6.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Mississippi 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 | Mississippi County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $4.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 483 | 506 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +11.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −6.7% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,195 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 32All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 563
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1614 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,828−6.7% since 2020
- Households
- 15,452
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 902 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $52,548+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,319
- Median home value
- $122,500
- Jobs located here
- 18,884
- Daytime population
- 41,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Mississippi County?
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Mississippi 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 |
| 42Mississippi County, AR | 20 | 16 | 10.4 | $3.1M | −6.7% | #2,000 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Mississippi 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 Mississippi County, AR?
There are 16 pizza places on map listings in Mississippi County as of September 2026. 14 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Mississippi County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $49.4M a year, or $3,195 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,452 households in Mississippi County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mississippi County, AR compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Mississippi County has 10.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Mississippi County would have about 10, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 483 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Mississippi County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Mississippi County at 37,828 people in 2025, down 6.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,452 households. The median household income in Mississippi County is $52,548 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. Mississippi County scores 20 for pizza places (low), #2,000 of 2,090 scored counties.
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