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Pizza places in Hardin County, KY
The pizza places in Hardin County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,523 of 2,090 scored counties
#39 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 50
- 38 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 93
- All limited-service restaurants · +12.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $160.2M
- On food away from home · $3,591 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 113,482
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 50 pizza places in Hardin County. Of those, 38 are chain locations, or 76%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 11.2 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Hardin County spend about $160.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,591 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per pizza place, 37% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Hardin County in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. That is one for every 480 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hardin County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hardin County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Hardin County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,523 of 2,090 scored counties and #39 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Hardin 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.
| Measure | Hardin County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 10.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.3M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 480 | 519 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.1% | +5.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,591 | $3,489 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,647 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83 → 93All limited-service restaurants · +12.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,278
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5038 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hardin 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 Hardin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 113,482+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 44,622
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 624 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 179
- Median household income
- $67,647+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,596
- Median home value
- $225,800
- Jobs located here
- 42,829
- Daytime population
- 107,983Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 86 | 14 | 6.1 | $8.2M | +4.9% | #27 of 2,090 |
| 2Spencer County, KY | 85 | 6 | 8.2 | $5.3M | +7.7% | #44 of 2,090 |
| 3Shelby County, KY | 78 | 10 | 5.4 | $7.3M | +6.2% | #117 of 2,090 |
| 4Kenton County, KY | 73 | 48 | 7.1 | $5.6M | +3.9% | #224 of 2,090 |
| 5Woodford County, KY | 65 | 10 | 9.2 | $4.3M | +3.7% | #488 of 2,090 |
| 6Scott County, KY | 64 | 24 | 10.6 | $3.8M | +8.2% | #523 of 2,090 |
| 7Nelson County, KY | 63 | 14 | 7.3 | $4.8M | +4.8% | #555 of 2,090 |
| 8Anderson County, KY | 61 | 7 | 7.3 | $5M | +5.5% | #618 of 2,090 |
| 9Allen County, KY | 61 | 6 | 7.5 | $4.3M | +9.5% | #626 of 2,090 |
| 10Bullitt County, KY | 61 | 32 | 10.1 | $3.9M | +5.0% | #628 of 2,090 |
| 39Hardin County, KY | 38 | 50 | 11.2 | $3.2M | +2.4% | #1,523 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Hardin County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Hardin County, KY?
Hardin County has 50 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 38 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 93 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hardin County, KY spend on food away from home?
About $160.2M a year, or $3,591 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,622 households in Hardin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardin County, KY compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Hardin County has 11.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.2M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Hardin County would have about 32, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 480 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Hardin County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Hardin County at 113,482 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,622 households. The median household income in Hardin County is $67,647 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Hardin County scores 38 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,523 of 2,090 scored counties.
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