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Pizza places in Warren County, KY

How Warren 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,409 of 2,090 scored counties
#33 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
58
52 chain locations (90%)
Official establishments
134
All limited-service restaurants · +18.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$194.8M
On food away from home · $3,500 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.4
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
149,375
+10.6% 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

Households in Warren County spend about $194.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,500 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Warren County has 58 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 90% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 10.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 134 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Warren County in 2023, up 18.6% from 2019. That is one for every 415 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. Official counts also show 27 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $542K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Warren County.

Population estimates show Warren County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Warren County is 41 (lower middle), #1,409 of 2,090 scored counties and #33 of 92 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Warren 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 Warren County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureWarren CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.410.58.0
Spending per listing$3.4M$3.3M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)415519478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+18.6%+5.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,500$3,489$4,070
Median household income$65,794$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score4128

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
113 → 134All limited-service restaurants · +18.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,409
Annual payroll, 2023
$61.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
27All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5852 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$542K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Warren 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 Warren County

Population, 2025 estimate
149,375+10.6% since 2020
Households
55,643
Median age
35.3
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
542 sq. mi.
People per square mile
260
Median household income
$65,794+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,648
Median home value
$258,000
Jobs located here
68,446
Daytime population
150,532Residents 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 Warren 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
33Warren County, KY415810.4$3.4M+10.6%#1,409 of 2,090

Other business types in Warren County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Warren County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 pizza places in Warren County. 52 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 134 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 18.6% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Warren County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $194.8M a year, or $3,500 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 55,643 households in Warren County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Warren County has 10.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Warren County would have about 38, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 415 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Warren County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Warren County at 149,375 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,643 households. Median household income in Warren County is $65,794, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Warren County scores 41 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,409 of 2,090 scored counties.

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