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Food and drink · Small-town market · Kentucky

Pizza places in the Pikeville, KY area

How the Pikeville, KY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 11 out of 100: Low

Ranked #518 of 520 scored small-town markets
#14 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky

Listings
63
46 chain locations (73%)
Official establishments
76
All limited-service restaurants · −10.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$112.2M
On food away from home · $2,878 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
65% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.2
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
89,122
−5.4% 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 Pikeville area scores 11 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #518 of 520 scored small-town markets and #14 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 pizza places in the Pikeville area. Chain locations make up 73% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.2, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in the Pikeville area spend about $112.2M a year on food away from home, or $2,878 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 65% 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 76 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pikeville area in 2023, down 10.6% from 2019. That is one for every 513 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $280K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pikeville area. Population estimates put the population change in the Pikeville area from 2020 to 2025 at −5.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Pikeville area 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 Pikeville, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePikeville areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.210.58.0
Spending per listing$1.8M$3.3M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)513519478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.6%+5.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.4%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,878$3,489$4,070
Median household income$43,214$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score1128

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
76All limited-service restaurants · −10.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,664
Annual payroll, 2023
$29.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6346 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$280K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pikeville area, 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 the Pikeville area

Population, 2025 estimate
89,122−5.4% since 2020
Households
38,984
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,180 sq. mi.
People per square mile
78
Median household income
$43,214
Average household income
$61,759
Median home value
$106,500
Jobs located here
30,364
Daytime population
92,325Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for pizza places, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Pikeville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kentucky

Small-town markets in Kentucky ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond-Berea, KY58418.3$4M+7.0%#170 of 520
2Frankfort, KY56268.0$4.4M+3.1%#190 of 520
3Mayfield, KY54117.8$4M+1.4%#219 of 520
4Murray, KY44127.9$4M+4.9%#314 of 520
5Mount Sterling, KY422413.2$2.4M+3.1%#336 of 520
6Glasgow, KY40209.0$3.4M+2.6%#357 of 520
7Campbellsville, KY40149.5$3.3M+3.4%#358 of 520
8Danville, KY362310.6$3.1M+3.6%#400 of 520
9Somerset, KY352911.1$2.8M+3.5%#413 of 520
10Franklin, KY301012.5$2.7M+5.9%#458 of 520
14Pikeville, KY116316.2$1.8M−5.4%#518 of 520

Other business types in the Pikeville area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Pikeville, KY area?

There are 63 pizza places on map listings in the Pikeville area as of September 2026. 46 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 10.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Pikeville, KY area spend on food away from home?

About $112.2M a year, or $2,878 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,984 households in the Pikeville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pikeville, KY area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Pikeville area has 16.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.8M, 65% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Pikeville area would have about 22, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Pikeville, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Pikeville area at 89,122 people in 2025, down 5.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 38,984 households. The median household income in the Pikeville area is $43,214 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Pikeville area scores 11 for pizza places (low), #518 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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