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Pizza places in Edgar County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Edgar County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,910 of 2,090 scored counties
#73 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 10
- 7 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $25.7M
- On food away from home · $3,400 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 65% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,323
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Edgar County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,910 of 2,090 scored counties and #73 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 pizza places in Edgar County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 70%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.2, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Edgar County comes to about $25.7M a year: $3,400 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per pizza place, 49% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Edgar County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 541 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Edgar County declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Edgar County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Edgar County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 541 | 474 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,400 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,941 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 14All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 223
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Edgar 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 Edgar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,323−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,567
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 623 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $59,941+11.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,577
- Median home value
- $97,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,282
- Daytime population
- 16,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 71 | 36 | 7.9 | $6.1M | +9.9% | #275 of 2,090 |
| 2Monroe County, IL | 68 | 11 | 7.9 | $5.8M | −0.3% | #370 of 2,090 |
| 3Kane County, IL | 64 | 163 | 8.8 | $5.3M | +1.8% | #510 of 2,090 |
| 4McHenry County, IL | 63 | 109 | 9.3 | $5.1M | +2.5% | #554 of 2,090 |
| 5Lake County, IL | 62 | 211 | 8.2 | $6.1M | +0.8% | #578 of 2,090 |
| 6Boone County, IL | 62 | 16 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +0.4% | #586 of 2,090 |
| 7Will County, IL | 60 | 215 | 8.8 | $5.5M | +2.2% | #638 of 2,090 |
| 8Piatt County, IL | 59 | 9 | 13.0 | $3.3M | +0.6% | #701 of 2,090 |
| 9Jo Daviess County, IL | 58 | 9 | 8.7 | $4.5M | −2.2% | #729 of 2,090 |
| 10Woodford County, IL | 57 | 19 | 12.9 | $3.4M | −0.8% | #772 of 2,090 |
| 73Edgar County, IL | 25 | 10 | 13.2 | $2.6M | −2.9% | #1,910 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Edgar County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Edgar County, IL?
Edgar County has 10 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Edgar County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $25.7M a year, or $3,400 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,567 households in Edgar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Edgar County, IL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Edgar County has 13.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 65% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.6M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Edgar County would have about 5, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 541 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Edgar County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Edgar County at 16,323 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,567 households. The median household income in Edgar County is $59,941 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 11.7% 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. Edgar County scores 25 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,910 of 2,090 scored counties.
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