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Pizza places in Routt County, CO

How Routt 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,017 of 2,090 scored counties
#23 of 32 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
12
3 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
31
All limited-service restaurants · +29.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$53.6M
On food away from home · $4,750 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.6
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
25,329
+2.0% 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

Households in Routt County spend about $53.6M a year on food away from home, or $4,750 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per pizza place, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Routt County has 12 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 25%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 33% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in Routt County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 29.2% from 2019. That is one for every 364 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Routt County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Routt County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,017 of 2,090 scored counties and #23 of 32 scored counties in Colorado.

How Routt 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 Routt County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureRoutt CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.66.98.0
Spending per listing$4.5M$6.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)364500478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+29.2%+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,750$4,421$4,070
Median household income$106,489$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score5072

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 31All limited-service restaurants · +29.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
378
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
123 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Routt 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 Routt County

Population, 2025 estimate
25,329+2.0% since 2020
Households
11,281
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,362 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$106,489+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$150,721
Median home value
$854,700
Jobs located here
15,001
Daytime population
26,089Residents 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 Routt 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
23Routt County, CO501210.6$4.5M+2.0%#1,017 of 2,090

Other business types in Routt County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Routt County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pizza places in Routt County. 3 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 29.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Routt County, CO spend on food away from home?

About $53.6M a year, or $4,750 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 11,281 households in Routt County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Routt County has 10.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Routt County would have about 11, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 364 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Routt County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Routt County at 25,329 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,281 households. Median household income in Routt County is $106,489, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Routt County scores 50 for pizza places (upper middle), #1,017 of 2,090 scored counties.

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