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Pizza places in Kauai County, HI
How Kauai County, HI 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,177 of 2,090 scored counties
#4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 22
- 7 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 91
- All limited-service restaurants · +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $103.9M
- On food away from home · $4,396 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 73,400
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 pizza places in Kauai County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 32%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Kauai County comes to about $103.9M a year: $4,396 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 7% below 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 91 businesses with payroll in Kauai County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 260 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 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kauai County.
Population estimates show Kauai County grew 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Kauai County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,177 of 2,090 scored counties and #4 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii.
How Kauai 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 | Kauai County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 5.8 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $7.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 260 | 348 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,396 | $4,533 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,668 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 87 → 91All limited-service restaurants · +4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,121
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 227 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kauai 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 Kauai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 73,400+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 23,632
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 620 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 119
- Median household income
- $97,668+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,466
- Median home value
- $873,200
- Jobs located here
- 28,378
- Daytime population
- 63,469Residents 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 Kauai County, HI?
Kauai County has 22 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 91 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kauai County, HI spend on food away from home?
About $103.9M a year, or $4,396 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,632 households in Kauai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kauai County, HI compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Kauai County has 9.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.7M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Kauai County would have about 20, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 260 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Kauai County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Kauai County at 73,400 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,632 households. The median household income in Kauai County is $97,668 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.9% 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. Kauai County scores 46 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,177 of 2,090 scored counties.
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