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Pizza places in Breathitt County, KY

How Breathitt County, KY 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 21 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,991 of 2,090 scored counties
#75 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
7
5 chain locations (71%)
Official establishments
8
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$14.5M
On food away from home · $2,645 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
59% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.8
60% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,558
−8.3% 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 Breathitt County is 21 (low), #1,991 of 2,090 scored counties and #75 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Breathitt County spend about $14.5M a year on food away from home, or $2,645 per household, 35% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per pizza place, 59% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Breathitt County has 7 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 71%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 12.8 for every 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Breathitt County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 683 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 Breathitt County declined 8.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Breathitt County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Breathitt County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureBreathitt CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.810.58.0
Spending per listing$2.1M$3.3M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)683519478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.3%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,645$3,489$4,070
Median household income$34,808$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score2128

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
232
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
75 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Breathitt 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 Breathitt County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,558−8.3% since 2020
Households
5,464
Median age
43.3
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
492 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$34,808+27.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$51,653
Median home value
$70,300
Jobs located here
2,764
Daytime population
12,089Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY86146.1$8.2M+4.9%#27 of 2,090
2Spencer County, KY8568.2$5.3M+7.7%#44 of 2,090
3Shelby County, KY78105.4$7.3M+6.2%#117 of 2,090
4Kenton County, KY73487.1$5.6M+3.9%#224 of 2,090
5Woodford County, KY65109.2$4.3M+3.7%#488 of 2,090
6Scott County, KY642410.6$3.8M+8.2%#523 of 2,090
7Nelson County, KY63147.3$4.8M+4.8%#555 of 2,090
8Anderson County, KY6177.3$5M+5.5%#618 of 2,090
9Allen County, KY6167.5$4.3M+9.5%#626 of 2,090
10Bullitt County, KY613210.1$3.9M+5.0%#628 of 2,090
75Breathitt County, KY21712.8$2.1M−8.3%#1,991 of 2,090

Other business types in Breathitt County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Breathitt County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pizza places in Breathitt County. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 Breathitt County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $14.5M a year, or $2,645 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 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 5,464 households in Breathitt County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Breathitt County, KY compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Breathitt County has 12.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.1M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Breathitt County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 683 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Breathitt County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Breathitt County at 12,558 people in 2025, down 8.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,464 households. Median household income in Breathitt County is $34,808, 57% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.3%, 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. Breathitt County scores 21 for pizza places (low), #1,991 of 2,090 scored counties.

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