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Pizza places in Las Animas County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Las Animas County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,997 of 2,090 scored counties
#32 of 32 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $20.3M
- On food away from home · $3,114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,391
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Las Animas County is 20 (low), #1,997 of 2,090 scored counties and #32 of 32 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Las Animas County comes to about $20.3M a year: $3,114 per household, 23% 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.
There are 6 pizza places on map listings in Las Animas County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.2 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Las Animas County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 383 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Las Animas County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Las Animas County 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.
| Measure | Las Animas County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $6.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 383 | 500 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,114 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,074 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 17All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 251
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Las Animas 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 Las Animas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,391−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 6,513
- Median age
- 46.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,773 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3
- Median household income
- $52,074+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,556
- Median home value
- $237,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,514
- Daytime population
- 12,932Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Weld County, CO | 88 | 68 | 5.5 | $7.9M | +14.2% | #18 of 2,090 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 84 | 83 | 5.9 | $9.5M | +10.9% | #45 of 2,090 |
| 3Fremont County, CO | 74 | 6 | 3.3 | $10.2M | +2.4% | #181 of 2,090 |
| 4Broomfield County, CO | 73 | 21 | 6.6 | $7.7M | +6.3% | #211 of 2,090 |
| 5Adams County, CO | 73 | 115 | 6.1 | $7.1M | +6.6% | #212 of 2,090 |
| 6Montezuma County, CO | 73 | 6 | 5.3 | $6.5M | +3.0% | #218 of 2,090 |
| 7Mesa County, CO | 73 | 38 | 5.8 | $6.5M | +4.4% | #220 of 2,090 |
| 8El Paso County, CO | 71 | 186 | 6.4 | $6.6M | +3.2% | #266 of 2,090 |
| 9Larimer County, CO | 71 | 105 | 6.8 | $6.4M | +4.8% | #271 of 2,090 |
| 10Arapahoe County, CO | 70 | 156 | 6.1 | $7.5M | +2.8% | #298 of 2,090 |
| 32Las Animas County, CO | 20 | 6 | 9.2 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #1,997 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Las Animas County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pizza places in Las Animas County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 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 list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Las Animas County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $20.3M a year, or $3,114 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 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 6,513 households in Las Animas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Las Animas County, CO compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Las Animas County has 9.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 15% 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, Las Animas County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 383 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Las Animas County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Las Animas County at 14,391 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,513 households. Median household income in Las Animas County is $52,074, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Las Animas County scores 20 for pizza places (low), #1,997 of 2,090 scored counties.
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