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Pizza places in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,293 of 2,090 scored counties
#28 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 23
- 16 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 112
- All limited-service restaurants · +10.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $163M
- On food away from home · $3,330 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.1M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Rapides Parish spend about $163M a year on food away from home, or $3,330 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 pizza places, that is $7.1M per pizza place, 39% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 23 pizza places on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 112 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as limited-service restaurants, up 10.9% from 2019. That is one for every 437 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 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $592K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Rapides Parish.
Population estimates put the population change in Rapides Parish from 2020 to 2025 at −2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #1,293 of 2,090 scored counties and #28 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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.
| Measure | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 5.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.1M | $6.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 437 | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.9% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,330 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 101 → 112All limited-service restaurants · +10.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,326
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $42.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2316 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $592K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 76 | 26 | 4.9 | $7.8M | +8.5% | #149 of 2,090 |
| 2Vermilion Parish, LA | 70 | 7 | 3.2 | $10.2M | +1.3% | #295 of 2,090 |
| 3St. Charles Parish, LA | 69 | 7 | 3.8 | $10.6M | −3.7% | #324 of 2,090 |
| 4St. Tammany Parish, LA | 69 | 68 | 6.5 | $6.2M | +5.3% | #338 of 2,090 |
| 5Ascension Parish, LA | 67 | 31 | 6.5 | $6.6M | +6.4% | #392 of 2,090 |
| 6West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 66 | 5 | 4.6 | $8.5M | +5.5% | #431 of 2,090 |
| 7St. Martin Parish, LA | 64 | 6 | 3.1 | $10.7M | −1.0% | #496 of 2,090 |
| 8Lafourche Parish, LA | 63 | 16 | 4.2 | $8.3M | −2.0% | #528 of 2,090 |
| 9Iberville Parish, LA | 61 | 5 | 4.4 | $7.6M | −1.6% | #601 of 2,090 |
| 10Lafayette Parish, LA | 61 | 55 | 5.5 | $6.7M | +6.5% | #604 of 2,090 |
| 28Rapides Parish, LA | 43 | 23 | 4.7 | $7.1M | −2.9% | #1,293 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Rapides Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 pizza places in Rapides Parish. 16 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 112 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $163M a year, or $3,330 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Rapides Parish has 4.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.1M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 32, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 437 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 43 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,293 of 2,090 scored counties.
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