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Pizza places in LaSalle County, IL

How LaSalle 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,770 of 2,090 scored counties
#66 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
68
42 chain locations (62%)
Official establishments
88
All limited-service restaurants · +17.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$171.5M
On food away from home · $3,780 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
50% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
88% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
107,773
−1.5% 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

The Groundwork market score for pizza places in LaSalle County is 31 (lower middle), #1,770 of 2,090 scored counties and #66 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in LaSalle County spend about $171.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,780 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 50% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

LaSalle County has 68 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 42 of them (62%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.0, 88% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in LaSalle County was 88 in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. That is one for every 516 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $702K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in LaSalle County. Population estimates put the population change in LaSalle County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How LaSalle 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.

Pizza in LaSalle County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureLaSalle CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.08.98.0
Spending per listing$2.5M$4.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)516474478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.3%+2.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,780$4,215$4,070
Median household income$73,045$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score3136

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
75 → 88All limited-service restaurants · +17.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,553
Annual payroll, 2023
$28.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
14All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6842 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$702K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
107,773−1.5% since 2020
Households
45,373
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,135 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$73,045+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,009
Median home value
$161,900
Jobs located here
39,709
Daytime population
97,993Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for pizza places, numbered among those based in Illinois, with LaSalle County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL71367.9$6.1M+9.9%#275 of 2,090
2Monroe County, IL68117.9$5.8M−0.3%#370 of 2,090
3Kane County, IL641638.8$5.3M+1.8%#510 of 2,090
4McHenry County, IL631099.3$5.1M+2.5%#554 of 2,090
5Lake County, IL622118.2$6.1M+0.8%#578 of 2,090
6Boone County, IL62168.2$5.1M+0.4%#586 of 2,090
7Will County, IL602158.8$5.5M+2.2%#638 of 2,090
8Piatt County, IL59913.0$3.3M+0.6%#701 of 2,090
9Jo Daviess County, IL5898.7$4.5M−2.2%#729 of 2,090
10Woodford County, IL571912.9$3.4M−0.8%#772 of 2,090
66LaSalle County, IL316815.0$2.5M−1.5%#1,770 of 2,090

Other business types in LaSalle County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in LaSalle County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 68 pizza places in LaSalle County. 42 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. 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 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in LaSalle County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $171.5M a year, or $3,780 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 45,373 households in LaSalle County and national spending patterns by income.

How does LaSalle County, IL compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

LaSalle County has 15.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.5M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, LaSalle County would have about 34, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 516 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is LaSalle County, IL growing?

Population estimates put LaSalle County at 107,773 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,373 households. Median household income in LaSalle County is $73,045, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.6%, 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. LaSalle County scores 31 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,770 of 2,090 scored counties.

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