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Pizza places in Manatee County, FL

The pizza places in Manatee County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 82 out of 100: High

Ranked #60 of 2,090 scored counties
#6 of 56 scored counties in Florida

Listings
114
56 chain locations (49%)
Official establishments
262
All limited-service restaurants · +38.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$700M
On food away from home · $3,960 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
21% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
468,200
+16.6% 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

Manatee County scores 82 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #60 of 2,090 scored counties and #6 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 Manatee County comes to about $700M a year: $3,960 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per pizza place, 21% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Manatee County has 114 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 56 are chain locations, or 49%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 262 businesses with payroll in Manatee County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 38.6% from 2019. That is one for every 675 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, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $8.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Manatee County. Population estimates show Manatee County grew 16.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Manatee 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 Manatee County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureManatee CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.47.18.0
Spending per listing$6.1M$5.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)675548478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+38.6%+12.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,960$3,841$4,070
Median household income$78,457$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score8267

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
189 → 262All limited-service restaurants · +38.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,867
Annual payroll, 2023
$99.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
51All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11456 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
138The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
18
Amount
$8.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
468,200+16.6% since 2020
Households
176,747
Median age
48.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
743 sq. mi.
People per square mile
579
Median household income
$78,457+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,837
Median home value
$391,400
Jobs located here
145,644
Daytime population
393,187Residents 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 Manatee 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

Other business types in Manatee County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Manatee County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 114 pizza places in Manatee County. 56 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 262 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 38.6% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 51 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $700M a year, or $3,960 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 114 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 176,747 households in Manatee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Manatee County has 6.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Manatee County would have about 138, against 114 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 675 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Manatee County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Manatee County at 468,200 people in 2025, up 16.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 176,747 households. Median household income in Manatee County is $78,457, 3% 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. Manatee County scores 82 for pizza places (high), #60 of 2,090 scored counties.

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