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Pizza places in Sebastian County, AR

How Sebastian County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,722 of 2,090 scored counties
#31 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
51
41 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
117
All limited-service restaurants · +9.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$173.7M
On food away from home · $3,328 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.8
23% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
130,641
+2.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Sebastian County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,722 of 2,090 scored counties and #31 of 46 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Sebastian County spend about $173.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,328 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per pizza place, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Sebastian County has 51 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 41 are chain locations, or 80%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 117 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Sebastian County in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 446 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. Population estimates show Sebastian County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sebastian 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.

Pizza in Sebastian County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSebastian CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.88.18.0
Spending per listing$3.4M$4.2M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)446506478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.4%+11.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,328$3,400$4,070
Median household income$57,790$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3235

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
107 → 117All limited-service restaurants · +9.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,724
Annual payroll, 2023
$48.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
17All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5141 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 Sebastian 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 Sebastian County

Population, 2025 estimate
130,641+2.2% since 2020
Households
52,181
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
531 sq. mi.
People per square mile
243
Median household income
$57,790+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,364
Median home value
$176,200
Jobs located here
69,861
Daytime population
144,611Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Sebastian County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR71938.3$5.2M+16.0%#285 of 2,090
2Saline County, AR68367.2$5.3M+7.6%#373 of 2,090
3Hot Spring County, AR6264.9$6.4M+1.1%#575 of 2,090
4Marion County, AR6056.5$4.5M+4.3%#653 of 2,090
5Greene County, AR58105.6$5.8M+3.4%#711 of 2,090
6Lonoke County, AR57258.8$4.2M+3.5%#759 of 2,090
7Miller County, AR5484.9$6.2M−0.5%#852 of 2,090
8Polk County, AR5456.3$4.8M+1.6%#860 of 2,090
9Johnson County, AR5354.8$5.9M+2.0%#886 of 2,090
10Logan County, AR5378.2$4M+2.5%#913 of 2,090
31Sebastian County, AR32519.8$3.4M+2.2%#1,722 of 2,090

Other business types in Sebastian County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Sebastian County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 pizza places in Sebastian County. 41 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 117 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Sebastian County, AR spend on food away from home?

About $173.7M a year, or $3,328 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 52,181 households in Sebastian County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sebastian County, AR compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Sebastian County has 9.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Sebastian County would have about 34, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 446 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Sebastian County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Sebastian County at 130,641 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,181 households. Median household income in Sebastian County is $57,790, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Sebastian County scores 32 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,722 of 2,090 scored counties.

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