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Pizza places in Indian River County, FL

How Indian River County, FL 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 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #146 of 2,090 scored counties
#12 of 56 scored counties in Florida

Listings
50
24 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
93
All limited-service restaurants · +3.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$271.2M
On food away from home · $3,829 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.1
11% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
172,799
+7.7% since 2020

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What this means

Indian River County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #146 of 2,090 scored counties and #12 of 56 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

Household spending on food away from home in Indian River County comes to about $271.2M a year: $3,829 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.4M per pizza place, 7% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 50 pizza places on map listings in Indian River County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.1 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Indian River County in 2023, up 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 761 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $734K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Indian River County. Population estimates put the population change in Indian River County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Indian River County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Indian River County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureIndian River CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.17.18.0
Spending per listing$5.4M$5.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)761548478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.3%+12.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,829$3,841$4,070
Median household income$73,491$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score7767

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
90 → 93All limited-service restaurants · +3.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,886
Annual payroll, 2023
$36.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
13All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5024 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$734K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
172,799+7.7% since 2020
Households
70,816
Median age
52.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
503 sq. mi.
People per square mile
332
Median household income
$73,491+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,404
Median home value
$351,500
Jobs located here
57,126
Daytime population
157,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for pizza places, numbered among those based in Florida, with Indian River County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL92192.7$13.9M+21.1%#3 of 2,090
2Wakulla County, FL9164.7$8.1M+12.3%#9 of 2,090
3Santa Rosa County, FL89395.4$7.8M+11.7%#16 of 2,090
4Flagler County, FL85305.7$6.8M+21.0%#42 of 2,090
5Sarasota County, FL841476.9$5.9M+10.0%#48 of 2,090
6Manatee County, FL821146.4$6.1M+16.6%#60 of 2,090
7Charlotte County, FL80576.3$5.7M+15.5%#89 of 2,090
8Collier County, FL801297.8$5.6M+10.6%#90 of 2,090
9Lee County, FL782276.9$5.6M+14.4%#124 of 2,090
10Citrus County, FL77365.0$6.5M+11.1%#134 of 2,090
12Indian River County, FL77507.1$5.4M+7.7%#146 of 2,090

Other business types in Indian River County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Indian River County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 50 pizza places in Indian River County. 24 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.3% 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 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Indian River County, FL spend on food away from home?

About $271.2M a year, or $3,829 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 70,816 households in Indian River County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Indian River County, FL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Indian River County has 7.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.4M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Indian River County would have about 53, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 761 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Indian River County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Indian River County at 172,799 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,816 households. Median household income in Indian River County is $73,491, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Indian River County scores 77 for pizza places (high), #146 of 2,090 scored counties.

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