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Pizza places in Carlton County, MN
How Carlton County, MN 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #427 of 2,090 scored counties
#25 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 13
- 7 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $55.2M
- On food away from home · $3,921 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,711
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pizza places in Carlton County. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.2, 15% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Carlton County spend about $55.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,921 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per pizza place, 16% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Carlton County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,566 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.
Population estimates put the population change in Carlton County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Carlton County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #427 of 2,090 scored counties and #25 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Carlton County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Carlton County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $5.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,566 | 600 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,921 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,573 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 160
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Carlton 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 Carlton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,711+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 14,090
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 861 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $80,573+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,202
- Median home value
- $245,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,806
- Daytime population
- 32,171Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for pizza places, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Carlton County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 92 | 20 | 5.6 | $8.3M | +6.8% | #5 of 2,090 |
| 2Carver County, MN | 86 | 27 | 6.6 | $8M | +6.6% | #28 of 2,090 |
| 3Washington County, MN | 86 | 75 | 7.1 | $7.1M | +6.9% | #32 of 2,090 |
| 4Scott County, MN | 85 | 33 | 6.0 | $8.6M | +5.1% | #35 of 2,090 |
| 5Wright County, MN | 82 | 47 | 8.7 | $5.4M | +11.1% | #62 of 2,090 |
| 6Isanti County, MN | 81 | 12 | 7.4 | $5.5M | +7.3% | #73 of 2,090 |
| 7Dakota County, MN | 79 | 123 | 7.1 | $6.7M | +3.9% | #102 of 2,090 |
| 8Dodge County, MN | 76 | 7 | 8.7 | $5M | +2.3% | #162 of 2,090 |
| 9Goodhue County, MN | 75 | 10 | 5.1 | $7.9M | +1.3% | #164 of 2,090 |
| 10Anoka County, MN | 75 | 108 | 7.9 | $5.8M | +4.7% | #173 of 2,090 |
| 25Carlton County, MN | 67 | 13 | 9.2 | $4.2M | +1.4% | #427 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Carlton County
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 Carlton County, MN?
There are 13 pizza places on map listings in Carlton County as of September 2026. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.
How much do households in Carlton County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $55.2M a year, or $3,921 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,090 households in Carlton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carlton County, MN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Carlton County has 9.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Carlton County would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,566 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Carlton County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Carlton County at 36,711 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,090 households. The median household income in Carlton County is $80,573 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. Carlton County scores 67 for pizza places (upper middle), #427 of 2,090 scored counties.
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