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Pizza places in Ellis County, KS
The pizza places in Ellis County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,013 of 2,090 scored counties
#36 of 38 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 20
- 18 chain locations (90%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All limited-service restaurants · −5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $43M
- On food away from home · $3,507 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,075
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Ellis County is 20 (low), #2,013 of 2,090 scored counties and #36 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Ellis County comes to about $43M a year: $3,507 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per pizza place, 58% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 20 pizza places on map listings in Ellis County as of September 2026. 18 of them (90%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 16.3 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Ellis County was 32 in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 383 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 $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ellis County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ellis County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ellis County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Ellis County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 10.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 383 | 526 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.9% | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,507 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,084 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 32All limited-service restaurants · −5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 525
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2018 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ellis 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 Ellis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,075+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,251
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $63,084+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,365
- Median home value
- $216,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,340
- Daytime population
- 30,752Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leavenworth County, KS | 78 | 22 | 7.3 | $5.8M | +3.2% | #123 of 2,090 |
| 2Miami County, KS | 78 | 11 | 8.0 | $5.3M | +5.9% | #125 of 2,090 |
| 3Johnson County, KS | 75 | 182 | 7.3 | $6.7M | +4.2% | #169 of 2,090 |
| 4Pottawatomie County, KS | 62 | 11 | 11.7 | $3.6M | +6.9% | #599 of 2,090 |
| 5Cherokee County, KS | 51 | 5 | 6.3 | $5.1M | −1.0% | #974 of 2,090 |
| 6Reno County, KS | 50 | 16 | 6.3 | $5.4M | −0.6% | #1,007 of 2,090 |
| 7Wyandotte County, KS | 50 | 41 | 6.7 | $5.2M | +1.0% | #1,010 of 2,090 |
| 8Shawnee County, KS | 50 | 61 | 8.1 | $4.6M | 0.0% | #1,014 of 2,090 |
| 9Sedgwick County, KS | 49 | 161 | 7.8 | $4.8M | +2.6% | #1,067 of 2,090 |
| 10Jackson County, KS | 48 | 7 | 14.0 | $2.7M | +1.5% | #1,130 of 2,090 |
| 36Ellis County, KS | 20 | 20 | 16.3 | $2.1M | +0.4% | #2,013 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Ellis County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 pizza places in Ellis County. 18 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.
How much do households in Ellis County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $43M a year, or $3,507 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 12,251 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ellis County, KS compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Ellis County has 16.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.1M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Ellis County would have about 9, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 383 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Ellis County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ellis County at 29,075 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,251 households. Median household income in Ellis County is $63,084, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Ellis County scores 20 for pizza places (low), #2,013 of 2,090 scored counties.
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