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Pizza places in Des Moines County, IA
The pizza places in Des Moines County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,913 of 2,090 scored counties
#63 of 64 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 25
- 19 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All limited-service restaurants · −13.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $59.5M
- On food away from home · $3,463 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.6
- 83% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,077
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Des Moines County is 25 (lower middle), #1,913 of 2,090 scored counties and #63 of 64 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Des Moines County spend about $59.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,463 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per pizza place, 53% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Des Moines County has 25 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 76% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.6, 83% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in Des Moines County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 537 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. Population estimates show Des Moines County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Des Moines County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Des Moines County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.6 | 11.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.3M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 537 | 628 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.5% | −0.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,463 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,928 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37 → 32All limited-service restaurants · −13.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 796
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2519 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Des Moines 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 Des Moines County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,077−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 17,178
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $62,928+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,523
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,578
- Daytime population
- 39,488Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 77 | 40 | 9.4 | $5.1M | +17.8% | #147 of 2,090 |
| 2Madison County, IA | 71 | 7 | 10.5 | $4M | +3.8% | #293 of 2,090 |
| 3Boone County, IA | 64 | 11 | 10.1 | $4M | +0.4% | #522 of 2,090 |
| 4Warren County, IA | 64 | 31 | 15.0 | $2.9M | +9.0% | #527 of 2,090 |
| 5Benton County, IA | 61 | 13 | 12.7 | $3.2M | +1.8% | #630 of 2,090 |
| 6Winneshiek County, IA | 60 | 7 | 8.6 | $4.5M | −1.6% | #652 of 2,090 |
| 7Polk County, IA | 59 | 210 | 10.2 | $4.1M | +4.8% | #695 of 2,090 |
| 8Johnson County, IA | 57 | 66 | 10.4 | $3.9M | +4.6% | #768 of 2,090 |
| 9Sioux County, IA | 57 | 15 | 11.8 | $3.5M | +2.5% | #770 of 2,090 |
| 10Jackson County, IA | 56 | 8 | 9.7 | $3.9M | −0.8% | #808 of 2,090 |
| 63Des Moines County, IA | 25 | 25 | 14.6 | $2.4M | −2.0% | #1,913 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Des Moines County, IA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 pizza places in Des Moines County. 19 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 13.5% 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 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Des Moines County, IA spend on food away from home?
About $59.5M a year, or $3,463 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 17,178 households in Des Moines County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Des Moines County, IA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Des Moines County has 14.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 83% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.4M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Des Moines County would have about 12, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 537 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Des Moines County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Des Moines County at 38,077 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,178 households. Median household income in Des Moines County is $62,928, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Des Moines County scores 25 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,913 of 2,090 scored counties.
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