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Pizza places in Hawaii County, HI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Hawaii County, HI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #473 of 2,090 scored counties
#1 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 47
- 18 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 165
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $294.8M
- On food away from home · $3,980 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 210,043
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 pizza places in Hawaii County. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 38%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Hawaii County spend about $294.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,980 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.3M per pizza place, 23% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 165 businesses with payroll in Hawaii County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 449 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts also show 42 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $217K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hawaii County.
Population estimates put the population change in Hawaii County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hawaii County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #473 of 2,090 scored counties and #1 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hawaii County compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Hawaii County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $7.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 449 | 348 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.5% | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,980 | $4,533 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,639 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 161 → 165All limited-service restaurants · +2.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,068
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 42All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4718 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $217K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hawaii 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 Hawaii County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 210,043+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 74,072
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,028 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $78,639+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,737
- Median home value
- $519,300
- Jobs located here
- 69,607
- Daytime population
- 224,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hawaii County, HI | 65 | 47 | 6.3 | $6.3M | +4.6% | #473 of 2,090 |
| 2Honolulu County, HI | 56 | 166 | 4.9 | $9.5M | −2.3% | #775 of 2,090 |
| 3Maui County, HI | 46 | 52 | 9.3 | $4.8M | −2.5% | #1,176 of 2,090 |
| 4Kauai County, HI | 46 | 22 | 9.3 | $4.7M | +0.3% | #1,177 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Hawaii County, HI?
There are 47 pizza places on map listings in Hawaii County as of September 2026. 18 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 42 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Hawaii County, HI spend on food away from home?
About $294.8M a year, or $3,980 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.3M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 74,072 households in Hawaii County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hawaii County, HI compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Hawaii County has 6.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.3M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Hawaii County would have about 58, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 449 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Hawaii County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Hawaii County at 210,043 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,072 households. The median household income in Hawaii County is $78,639 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Hawaii County scores 65 for pizza places (upper middle), #473 of 2,090 scored counties.
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