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Pizza places in Rio Grande County, CO
How Rio Grande County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 3 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $17.7M
- On food away from home · $3,451 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.9M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,087
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,451 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Rio Grande County spend about $17.7M a year on food away from home. Spread across 3 pizza places, that is $5.9M per pizza place, 16% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 3 pizza places on map listings in Rio Grande County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 27% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Rio Grande County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,027 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 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Rio Grande County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 pizza places on map listings, Rio Grande County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Rio Grande 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 | Rio Grande County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.9M | $6.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,027 | 500 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,451 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,411 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 126
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 33 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 Rio Grande 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 Rio Grande County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,087−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,133
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 912 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $64,411+64.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,497
- Median home value
- $239,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,889
- Daytime population
- 10,204Residents 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 |
| Rio Grande County, CO | Not scored | 3 | 5.8 | $5.9M | −3.9% |
Other business types in Rio Grande County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Rio Grande County, CO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 pizza places in Rio Grande County. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 5 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Rio Grande County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $17.7M a year, or $3,451 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.9M 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 5,133 households in Rio Grande County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rio Grande County, CO compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Rio Grande County has 5.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.9M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Rio Grande County would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,027 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Rio Grande County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Rio Grande County at 11,087 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,133 households. Median household income in Rio Grande County is $64,411, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 64.6%, 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. Rio Grande County has no market score for pizza places: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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