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Pizza places in Vermilion County, IL

The pizza places in Vermilion County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,872 of 2,090 scored counties
#71 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
40
35 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
49
All limited-service restaurants · −5.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$100.7M
On food away from home · $3,348 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
50% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
66% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
71,259
−3.7% since 2020

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What this means

For pizza places, Vermilion County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,872 of 2,090 scored counties and #71 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Vermilion County comes to about $100.7M a year: $3,348 per household, 18% 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.

Vermilion County has 40 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 35 of them (88%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 49 businesses with payroll in Vermilion County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 614 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 $150K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Vermilion County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Vermilion County declined 3.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Vermilion 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 Vermilion County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureVermilion CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.38.98.0
Spending per listing$2.5M$4.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)614474478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.8%+2.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,348$4,215$4,070
Median household income$56,877$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score2736

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
52 → 49All limited-service restaurants · −5.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,034
Annual payroll, 2023
$17M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4035 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
$150K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
71,259−3.7% since 2020
Households
30,084
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
81
Median household income
$56,877+22.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,148
Median home value
$97,200
Jobs located here
24,379
Daytime population
64,835Residents 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 Vermilion 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
71Vermilion County, IL274013.3$2.5M−3.7%#1,872 of 2,090

Other business types in Vermilion County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Vermilion County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 pizza places in Vermilion County. 35 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.8% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $100.7M a year, or $3,348 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 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 30,084 households in Vermilion County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Vermilion County has 13.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 66% 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, Vermilion County would have about 20, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 614 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Vermilion County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Vermilion County at 71,259 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 30,084 households. Median household income in Vermilion County is $56,877, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.3%, 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. Vermilion County scores 27 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,872 of 2,090 scored counties.

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