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Pizza places in Powell County, KY

The pizza places in Powell County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 10 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,081 of 2,090 scored counties
#88 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
9
7 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
10
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$13.5M
On food away from home · $2,814 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
71% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.8
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,812
−2.2% 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

For pizza places, Powell County has a Groundwork market score of 10 (low): #2,081 of 2,090 scored counties and #88 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Powell County comes to about $13.5M a year: $2,814 per household, 31% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 71% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 9 pizza places on map listings in Powell County as of September 2026. 7 of them (78%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.8, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Powell County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 479 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 put the population change in Powell County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Powell 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 Powell County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePowell CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.810.58.0
Spending per listing$1.5M$3.3M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)479519478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,814$3,489$4,070
Median household income$40,309$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score1028

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
260
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
97 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 Powell 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 Powell County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,812−2.2% since 2020
Households
4,790
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
179 sq. mi.
People per square mile
73
Median household income
$40,309+7.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,437
Median home value
$141,100
Jobs located here
2,742
Daytime population
10,875Residents 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 Powell 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
88Powell County, KY10918.8$1.5M−2.2%#2,081 of 2,090

Other business types in Powell County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Powell County, KY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pizza places in Powell County. 7 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 10 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 Powell County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $13.5M a year, or $2,814 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 4,790 households in Powell County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Powell County has 18.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.5M, 71% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Powell County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 479 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Powell County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Powell County at 12,812 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,790 households. Median household income in Powell County is $40,309, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.6%, 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. Powell County scores 10 for pizza places (low), #2,081 of 2,090 scored counties.

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