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Pizza places in Pueblo County, CO

How Pueblo County, CO 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #822 of 2,090 scored counties
#18 of 32 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
42
29 chain locations (69%)
Official establishments
125
All limited-service restaurants · +20.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$238.8M
On food away from home · $3,485 a household
Spending per listing
$5.7M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
169,277
+0.6% 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 Pueblo County comes to about $238.8M a year: $3,485 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.7M per pizza place, 12% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 42 pizza places on map listings in Pueblo County as of September 2026. Of those, 29 are chain locations, or 69%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 125 businesses with payroll in Pueblo County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 20.2% from 2019. That is one for every 548 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 $2.8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pueblo County.

Population estimates put the population change in Pueblo County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Pueblo County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #822 of 2,090 scored counties and #18 of 32 scored counties in Colorado.

How Pueblo 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.

Pizza in Pueblo County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasurePueblo CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.16.98.0
Spending per listing$5.7M$6.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)548500478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.2%+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,485$4,421$4,070
Median household income$64,010$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5572

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
104 → 125All limited-service restaurants · +20.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,797
Annual payroll, 2023
$54.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
19All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4229 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$2.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pueblo 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 Pueblo County

Population, 2025 estimate
169,277+0.6% since 2020
Households
68,523
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,387 sq. mi.
People per square mile
71
Median household income
$64,010+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,458
Median home value
$291,300
Jobs located here
56,090
Daytime population
161,514Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for pizza places, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Pueblo County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Weld County, CO88685.5$7.9M+14.2%#18 of 2,090
2Douglas County, CO84835.9$9.5M+10.9%#45 of 2,090
3Fremont County, CO7463.3$10.2M+2.4%#181 of 2,090
4Broomfield County, CO73216.6$7.7M+6.3%#211 of 2,090
5Adams County, CO731156.1$7.1M+6.6%#212 of 2,090
6Montezuma County, CO7365.3$6.5M+3.0%#218 of 2,090
7Mesa County, CO73385.8$6.5M+4.4%#220 of 2,090
8El Paso County, CO711866.4$6.6M+3.2%#266 of 2,090
9Larimer County, CO711056.8$6.4M+4.8%#271 of 2,090
10Arapahoe County, CO701566.1$7.5M+2.8%#298 of 2,090
18Pueblo County, CO55426.1$5.7M+0.6%#822 of 2,090

Other business types in Pueblo County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Pueblo County, CO?

As of September 2026, map listings count 42 pizza places in Pueblo County. 29 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 20.2% 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 Pueblo County, CO spend on food away from home?

About $238.8M a year, or $3,485 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 68,523 households in Pueblo County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pueblo County, CO compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Pueblo County has 6.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.7M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pueblo County would have about 47, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 548 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pueblo County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Pueblo County at 169,277 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,523 households. Median household income in Pueblo County is $64,010, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. 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. Pueblo County scores 55 for pizza places (upper middle), #822 of 2,090 scored counties.

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