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Pizza places in Natchitoches Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Natchitoches Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,782 of 2,090 scored counties
#33 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
9
6 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
33
All limited-service restaurants · +26.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$44.8M
On food away from home · $3,088 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,089
−3.5% 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, Natchitoches Parish has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,782 of 2,090 scored counties and #33 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 pizza places in Natchitoches Parish. Chain locations make up 67% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Natchitoches Parish spend about $44.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,088 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 pizza places, that is $5M per pizza place, 2% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 33 businesses with payroll in Natchitoches Parish classed as limited-service restaurants, up 26.9% from 2019. That is one for every 440 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Natchitoches Parish declined 3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Natchitoches Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Natchitoches Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureNatchitoches ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.25.48.0
Spending per listing$5M$6.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)440480478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+26.9%+5.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,088$3,469$4,070
Median household income$46,292$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score3042

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 33All limited-service restaurants · +26.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
768
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
96 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Natchitoches Parish, 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 Natchitoches Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
36,089−3.5% since 2020
Households
14,508
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,253 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$46,292+62.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,591
Median home value
$171,300
Jobs located here
14,086
Daytime population
35,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for pizza places, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Natchitoches Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA76264.9$7.8M+8.5%#149 of 2,090
2Vermilion Parish, LA7073.2$10.2M+1.3%#295 of 2,090
3St. Charles Parish, LA6973.8$10.6M−3.7%#324 of 2,090
4St. Tammany Parish, LA69686.5$6.2M+5.3%#338 of 2,090
5Ascension Parish, LA67316.5$6.6M+6.4%#392 of 2,090
6West Baton Rouge Parish, LA6654.6$8.5M+5.5%#431 of 2,090
7St. Martin Parish, LA6463.1$10.7M−1.0%#496 of 2,090
8Lafourche Parish, LA63164.2$8.3M−2.0%#528 of 2,090
9Iberville Parish, LA6154.4$7.6M−1.6%#601 of 2,090
10Lafayette Parish, LA61555.5$6.7M+6.5%#604 of 2,090
33Natchitoches Parish, LA3096.2$5M−3.5%#1,782 of 2,090

Other business types in Natchitoches Parish

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Natchitoches Parish, LA?

There are 9 pizza places on map listings in Natchitoches Parish as of September 2026. 6 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 26.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Natchitoches Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $44.8M a year, or $3,088 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,508 households in Natchitoches Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Natchitoches Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Natchitoches Parish has 6.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 440 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Natchitoches Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Natchitoches Parish at 36,089 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,508 households. The median household income in Natchitoches Parish is $46,292 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 62.1% 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. Natchitoches Parish scores 30 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,782 of 2,090 scored counties.

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