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Food and drink · Small-town market · Colorado

Pizza places in the Edwards, CO area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Edwards, CO area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #288 of 520 scored small-town markets
#8 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado

Listings
24
7 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
50
All limited-service restaurants · −2.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$103.1M
On food away from home · $4,676 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.9
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,291
−2.4% 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

Household spending on food away from home in the Edwards area comes to about $103.1M a year: $4,676 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 24 pizza places on map listings in the Edwards area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.9 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Edwards area in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 441 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 also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $399K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Edwards area.

Population estimates show the Edwards area declined 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Edwards area is 47 (lower middle), #288 of 520 scored small-town markets and #8 of 10 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.

How the Edwards area compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Edwards, CO area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureEdwards areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.96.98.0
Spending per listing$4.3M$6.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)441500478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.0%+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,676$4,421$4,070
Median household income$104,096$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score4772

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
50All limited-service restaurants · −2.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,231
Annual payroll, 2023
$31.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
247 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$399K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Edwards area, 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 the Edwards area

Population, 2025 estimate
54,291−2.4% since 2020
Households
22,058
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,685 sq. mi.
People per square mile
33
Median household income
$104,096+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$149,170
Median home value
$839,500
Jobs located here
36,343
Daytime population
60,203Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for pizza places, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Edwards area marked.

Top small-town markets in Colorado

Small-town markets in Colorado ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cañon City, CO8163.3$10.2M+2.4%#17 of 520
2Montrose, CO78116.1$5.9M+4.1%#25 of 520
3Fort Morgan, CO7776.3$5.5M+4.2%#31 of 520
4Durango, CO55239.4$4.4M+2.2%#209 of 520
5Rifle, CO553410.4$4.2M+1.2%#210 of 520
6Steamboat Springs, CO54169.6$4.6M+0.9%#217 of 520
7Alamosa, CO48119.6$3.2M+2.1%#280 of 520
8Edwards, CO472410.9$4.3M−2.4%#288 of 520
9Sterling, CO4078.5$3.8M−2.7%#355 of 520
10Breckenridge, CO333119.9$2.4M+1.1%#433 of 520

Other business types in the Edwards area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Edwards, CO area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 24 pizza places in the Edwards area. 7 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Edwards, CO area spend on food away from home?

About $103.1M a year, or $4,676 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 22,058 households in the Edwards area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Edwards, CO area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Edwards area has 10.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.3M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Edwards area would have about 20, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 441 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Edwards, CO area growing?

Population estimates put the Edwards area at 54,291 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,058 households. Median household income in the Edwards area is $104,096, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Edwards area scores 47 for pizza places (lower middle), #288 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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