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Pizza places in Colusa County, CA
How Colusa County, CA 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,265 of 2,090 scored counties
#47 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 7
- 6 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $28.2M
- On food away from home · $3,755 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,836
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Colusa County spend about $28.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,755 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per pizza place, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 7 pizza places on map listings in Colusa County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Colusa County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 501 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 list 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Colusa County.
Population estimates put the population change in Colusa County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Colusa County scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,265 of 2,090 scored counties and #47 of 53 scored counties in California.
How Colusa County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Colusa County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $6.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 501 | 392 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,755 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,672 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 15All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 76 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Colusa 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 Colusa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,836−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,512
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,151 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $75,672+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,368
- Median home value
- $393,400
- Jobs located here
- 8,154
- Daytime population
- 21,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 84 | 15 | 5.2 | $7.2M | +8.2% | #46 of 2,090 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 82 | 14 | 6.8 | $7.2M | +8.6% | #56 of 2,090 |
| 3Nevada County, CA | 74 | 26 | 6.1 | $7.1M | −0.4% | #186 of 2,090 |
| 4Amador County, CA | 70 | 14 | 8.7 | $4.7M | +3.2% | #320 of 2,090 |
| 5Contra Costa County, CA | 69 | 266 | 6.4 | $8.1M | +0.3% | #327 of 2,090 |
| 6San Joaquin County, CA | 69 | 159 | 6.5 | $6.6M | +5.5% | #334 of 2,090 |
| 7Napa County, CA | 68 | 32 | 6.4 | $7.6M | −3.3% | #358 of 2,090 |
| 8Marin County, CA | 67 | 62 | 6.0 | $9.2M | −2.9% | #384 of 2,090 |
| 9Riverside County, CA | 67 | 476 | 6.1 | $7M | +5.0% | #387 of 2,090 |
| 10Solano County, CA | 66 | 104 | 6.6 | $6.8M | +0.6% | #434 of 2,090 |
| 47Colusa County, CA | 44 | 7 | 9.3 | $4M | −0.1% | #1,265 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Colusa County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 pizza places in Colusa County. 6 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Colusa County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $28.2M a year, or $3,755 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $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 7,512 households in Colusa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Colusa County, CA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Colusa County has 9.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Colusa County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 501 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Colusa County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Colusa County at 21,836 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,512 households. Median household income in Colusa County is $75,672, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Colusa County scores 44 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,265 of 2,090 scored counties.
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