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Pizza places in Lake County, IL
How Lake County, IL 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #578 of 2,090 scored counties
#5 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 211
- 122 chain locations (58%)
- Official establishments
- 574
- All limited-service restaurants · −2.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On food away from home · $4,958 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 719,339
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Lake County comes to about $1.3B a year: $4,958 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 211 pizza places on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 58% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 574 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 450 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. Official counts also show 88 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $17.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lake County.
Population estimates show Lake County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #578 of 2,090 scored counties and #5 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 450 | 474 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.5% | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,958 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $110,416 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 589 → 574All limited-service restaurants · −2.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 10,558
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $226.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 88All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 211122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 252The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $17.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 719,339+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 258,455
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 444 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,610
- Median household income
- $110,416+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $155,726
- Median home value
- $345,700
- Jobs located here
- 328,525
- Daytime population
- 712,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pizza places, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Lake County marked.
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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Lake County, IL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 211 pizza places in Lake County. 122 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 574 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 2.5% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 88 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lake County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $1.3B a year, or $4,958 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 211 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 258,455 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, IL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Lake County has 8.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Lake County would have about 252, against 211 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 450 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 719,339 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 258,455 households. Median household income in Lake County is $110,416, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Lake County scores 62 for pizza places (upper middle), #578 of 2,090 scored counties.
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