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Food and drink · Small-town market · Kentucky

Pizza places in the Richmond-Berea, KY area

The pizza places in the Richmond-Berea, KY area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #170 of 520 scored small-town markets
#1 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky

Listings
41
38 chain locations (93%)
Official establishments
88
All limited-service restaurants · +4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$165.7M
On food away from home · $3,343 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
131,806
+7.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 41 pizza places in the Richmond-Berea area. Chain locations make up 93% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in the Richmond-Berea area comes to about $165.7M a year: $3,343 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 pizza places, that is $4M per pizza place, 20% 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 88 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Richmond-Berea area in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 563 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. Official counts also show 13 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show the Richmond-Berea area grew 7.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Richmond-Berea area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #170 of 520 scored small-town markets and #1 of 15 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.

How the Richmond-Berea 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 Richmond-Berea, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureRichmond-Berea areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.310.58.0
Spending per listing$4M$3.3M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)563519478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.8%+5.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.0%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,343$3,489$4,070
Median household income$60,368$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5828

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
88All limited-service restaurants · +4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,298
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
13All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4138 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The 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 the Richmond-Berea 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 Richmond-Berea area

Population, 2025 estimate
131,806+7.0% since 2020
Households
49,560
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
125
Median household income
$60,368
Average household income
$78,113
Median home value
$201,500
Jobs located here
41,726
Daytime population
114,674Residents 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 Richmond-Berea 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

Other business types in the Richmond-Berea area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Richmond-Berea, KY area?

The Richmond-Berea area has 41 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 38 of them (93%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $165.7M a year, or $3,343 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,560 households in the Richmond-Berea area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Richmond-Berea, KY area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Richmond-Berea area has 8.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Richmond-Berea area would have about 33, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 563 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Richmond-Berea, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Richmond-Berea area at 131,806 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,560 households. The median household income in the Richmond-Berea area is $60,368 a year, 25% 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 Richmond-Berea area scores 58 for pizza places (upper middle), #170 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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