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Pizza places in the Jackson, MI metro area

How the Jackson, MI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #167 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
46
24 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
96
All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$228.5M
On food away from home · $3,653 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
159,552
−0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 pizza places in the Jackson metro area. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.4 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in the Jackson metro area spend about $228.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,653 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 46 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 96 businesses with payroll in the Jackson metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 651 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 also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Jackson metro area.

Population estimates show the Jackson metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Jackson metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #167 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.

How the Jackson metro area 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.

Pizza in Jackson, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureJackson metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.48.38.0
Spending per listing$5M$4.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)651514478
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+7.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,653$3,875$4,070
Median household income$66,073$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score5339

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
96All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,943
Annual payroll, 2023
$33.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4624 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Jackson metro area, 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 the Jackson metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
159,552−0.4% since 2020
Households
62,540
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
228
Median household income
$66,073+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,666
Median home value
$193,700
Jobs located here
59,579
Daytime population
159,707Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for pizza places, numbered among those based in Michigan, with the Jackson metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Midland, MI65226.3$6.4M+0.3%#90 of 387
2Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI593738.5$4.8M+2.8%#118 of 387
3Jackson, MI53467.4$5M−0.4%#167 of 387
4Traverse City, MI52639.6$4.2M+2.2%#179 of 387
5Bay City, MI50296.4$5.4M−1.6%#189 of 387
6Ann Arbor, MI501379.1$4.9M−0.4%#193 of 387
7Monroe, MI50629.8$4M+0.7%#200 of 387
8Kalamazoo-Portage, MI46918.5$4.6M+0.8%#228 of 387
9Lansing-East Lansing, MI441547.9$4.8M+1.4%#239 of 387
10Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI431,4858.4$4.8M+0.1%#249 of 387

Other business types in the Jackson metro area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Jackson, MI metro area?

There are 46 pizza places on map listings in the Jackson metro area as of September 2026. 24 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Jackson, MI metro area spend on food away from home?

About $228.5M a year, or $3,653 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 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 62,540 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jackson, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Jackson metro area has 7.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 45, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 651 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Jackson, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 159,552 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 62,540 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $66,073 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. The Jackson metro area scores 53 for pizza places (upper middle), #167 of 387 scored metro areas.

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