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Pizza places in Fresno County, CA
How Fresno 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #975 of 2,090 scored counties
#38 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 246
- 175 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 798
- All limited-service restaurants · +9.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On food away from home · $3,835 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,035,456
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Fresno County comes to about $1.2B a year: $3,835 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 246 pizza places on map listings in Fresno County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 71% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 798 businesses with payroll in Fresno County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 9.5% from 2019. That is one for every 407 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 158 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 27 SBA-backed loans worth $12.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Fresno County.
Population estimates put the population change in Fresno County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Fresno County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #975 of 2,090 scored counties and #38 of 53 scored counties in California.
How Fresno 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 | Fresno County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $6.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 407 | 392 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.5% | +6.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,835 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,201 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 729 → 798All limited-service restaurants · +9.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 15,398
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $345M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 158All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 246175 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 245The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 27
- Amount
- $12.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Fresno 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 Fresno County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,035,456+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 324,702
- Median age
- 34.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,959 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 171
- Median household income
- $74,201+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,641
- Median home value
- $388,800
- Jobs located here
- 413,154
- Daytime population
- 1,017,627Residents 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 |
| 38Fresno County, CA | 51 | 246 | 7.6 | $5.1M | +2.6% | #975 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Fresno County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 246 pizza places in Fresno County. 175 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 798 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.5% 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 158 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fresno County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $1.2B a year, or $3,835 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 246 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 324,702 households in Fresno County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fresno County, CA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Fresno County has 7.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Fresno County would have about 245, against 246 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 407 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Fresno County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Fresno County at 1,035,456 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 324,702 households. Median household income in Fresno County is $74,201, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Fresno County scores 51 for pizza places (upper middle), #975 of 2,090 scored counties.
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