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Pizza places in Mesa County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Mesa County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #220 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 32 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 38
- 26 chain locations (68%)
- Official establishments
- 113
- All limited-service restaurants · +11.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $246.6M
- On food away from home · $3,745 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- 28% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,845
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Mesa County spend about $246.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,745 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 38 pizza places, that is $6.5M per pizza place, 28% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Mesa County has 38 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 26 of them (68%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 27% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 113 businesses with payroll in Mesa County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 11.9% from 2019. That is one for every 583 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 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $875K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Mesa County.
Population estimates put the population change in Mesa County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Mesa County is 73 (upper middle), #220 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 32 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Mesa 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 | Mesa County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $6.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 583 | 500 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.9% | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,745 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,658 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 101 → 113All limited-service restaurants · +11.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,526
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3826 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $875K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Mesa 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 Mesa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,845+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 65,830
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,145
- Median home value
- $378,600
- Jobs located here
- 65,394
- Daytime population
- 156,691Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Mesa County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 38 pizza places in Mesa County. 26 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 113 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Mesa County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $246.6M a year, or $3,745 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 38 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 65,830 households in Mesa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Mesa County, CO compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Mesa County has 5.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.5M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Mesa County would have about 49, against 38 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 583 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Mesa County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Mesa County at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in Mesa County is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Mesa County scores 73 for pizza places (upper middle), #220 of 2,090 scored counties.
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