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Pizza places in Allegan County, MI
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Allegan County, MI, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #280 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 68 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 34
- 19 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 68
- All limited-service restaurants · +15.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $183.8M
- On food away from home · $4,038 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 123,188
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 pizza places in Allegan County. 19 of them (56%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $4,038 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Allegan County spend about $183.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 6% above 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 68 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Allegan County in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019. That is one for every 669 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 list 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $3.8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Allegan County.
Population estimates put the population change in Allegan County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Allegan County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #280 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 68 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Allegan County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Allegan County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 669 | 514 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.3% | +7.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,038 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,283 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59 → 68All limited-service restaurants · +15.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,098
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3419 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $3.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Allegan 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 Allegan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 123,188+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 45,522
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 825 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $83,283+32.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,889
- Median home value
- $267,100
- Jobs located here
- 42,851
- Daytime population
- 107,584Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leelanau County, MI | 80 | 7 | 7.3 | $6.3M | +3.0% | #87 of 2,090 |
| 2Cass County, MI | 78 | 10 | 4.7 | $8.1M | +0.2% | #115 of 2,090 |
| 3Clinton County, MI | 78 | 20 | 6.3 | $6.7M | +1.6% | #119 of 2,090 |
| 4Ottawa County, MI | 73 | 87 | 7.8 | $5.5M | +3.9% | #227 of 2,090 |
| 5Barry County, MI | 73 | 19 | 7.8 | $5M | +2.2% | #229 of 2,090 |
| 6Livingston County, MI | 72 | 62 | 8.1 | $5.8M | +1.7% | #254 of 2,090 |
| 7Allegan County, MI | 71 | 34 | 7.5 | $5.4M | +2.1% | #280 of 2,090 |
| 8Cheboygan County, MI | 70 | 5 | 4.5 | $7.8M | +0.9% | #297 of 2,090 |
| 9Newaygo County, MI | 70 | 12 | 6.1 | $5.7M | +3.1% | #312 of 2,090 |
| 10Osceola County, MI | 68 | 5 | 5.3 | $6.2M | +2.7% | #366 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Allegan County, MI?
Allegan County has 34 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Allegan County, MI spend on food away from home?
About $183.8M a year, or $4,038 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,522 households in Allegan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegan County, MI compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Allegan County has 7.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.4M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Allegan County would have about 36, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 669 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Allegan County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Allegan County at 123,188 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 45,522 households. The median household income in Allegan County is $83,283 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.3% 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. Allegan County scores 71 for pizza places (upper middle), #280 of 2,090 scored counties.
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