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Pizza places in Grand Traverse County, MI
How Grand Traverse County, MI 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,190 of 2,090 scored counties
#47 of 68 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 42
- 20 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 88
- All limited-service restaurants · −5.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $163.1M
- On food away from home · $4,047 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,729
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,047 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Grand Traverse County spend about $163.1M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Grand Traverse County has 42 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 48%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.4 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 88 businesses with payroll in Grand Traverse County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 458 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 list 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $564K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Grand Traverse County.
Population estimates show Grand Traverse County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Grand Traverse County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,190 of 2,090 scored counties and #47 of 68 scored counties in Michigan.
How Grand Traverse 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 | Grand Traverse County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 458 | 514 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.4% | +7.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,047 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,647 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 93 → 88All limited-service restaurants · −5.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,370
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $33.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4220 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
- 4
- Amount
- $564K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,729+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 40,287
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 464 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $81,647+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,300
- Median home value
- $339,400
- Jobs located here
- 46,591
- Daytime population
- 102,841Residents 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 |
| 47Grand Traverse County, MI | 46 | 42 | 10.4 | $3.9M | +1.4% | #1,190 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Grand Traverse County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 pizza places in Grand Traverse County. 20 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.4% from 2019. 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 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grand Traverse County, MI spend on food away from home?
About $163.1M a year, or $4,047 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 42 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 40,287 households in Grand Traverse County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Traverse County, MI compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Grand Traverse County has 10.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.9M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Grand Traverse County would have about 32, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 458 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Grand Traverse County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Grand Traverse County at 96,729 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,287 households. Median household income in Grand Traverse County is $81,647, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, 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. Grand Traverse County scores 46 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,190 of 2,090 scored counties.
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