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Pizza places in Pope County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Pope County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,551 of 2,090 scored counties
#26 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 19
- 12 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- All limited-service restaurants · +7.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $80.1M
- On food away from home · $3,290 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,976
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Pope County comes to about $80.1M a year: $3,290 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 17% below 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 Pope County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 63% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.8 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Pope County was 58 in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 420 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. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pope County.
Population estimates show Pope County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Pope County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,551 of 2,090 scored counties and #26 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Pope 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 | Pope County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 420 | 506 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.4% | +11.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,290 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,344 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54 → 58All limited-service restaurants · +7.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,160
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1912 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pope 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 Pope County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,976+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 24,348
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 811 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $57,344+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,412
- Median home value
- $170,100
- Jobs located here
- 27,904
- Daytime population
- 65,219Residents 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 Pope 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 |
| 26Pope County, AR | 37 | 19 | 7.8 | $4.2M | +2.5% | #1,551 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Pope County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 pizza places in Pope County. 12 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 7.4% 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 list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Pope County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $80.1M a year, or $3,290 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 24,348 households in Pope County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pope County, AR compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Pope County has 7.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pope County would have about 16, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 420 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Pope County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Pope County at 64,976 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,348 households. Median household income in Pope County is $57,344, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Pope County scores 37 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,551 of 2,090 scored counties.
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