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Pizza places in the Fairmont, MN area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Fairmont, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #226 of 520 scored small-town markets
#17 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota

Listings
8
8 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
11
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$30.8M
On food away from home · $3,480 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,440
−2.8% 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

Household spending on food away from home in the Fairmont area comes to about $30.8M a year: $3,480 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pizza places, that is $3.8M per pizza place, 24% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

The Fairmont area has 8 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in the Fairmont area classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 804 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.

Population estimates put the population change in the Fairmont area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, the Fairmont area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #226 of 520 scored small-town markets and #17 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Minnesota.

How the Fairmont area 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.

Pizza in Fairmont, MN area compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureFairmont areaMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.17.58.0
Spending per listing$3.8M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)804600478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,480$4,330$4,070
Median household income$59,507$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score5370

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
225
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
88 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 the Fairmont 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 Fairmont area

Population, 2025 estimate
19,440−2.8% since 2020
Households
8,839
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
712 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$59,507+12.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,458
Median home value
$163,500
Jobs located here
8,052
Daytime population
18,159Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Minnesota for pizza places, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fairmont area marked.

Top small-town markets in Minnesota

Small-town markets in Minnesota ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin, MN8395.7$6.6M+2.3%#10 of 520
2Red Wing, MN81105.1$7.9M+1.3%#18 of 520
3Faribault-Northfield, MN77187.7$5.3M+4.2%#32 of 520
4Bemidji, MN76126.6$5.6M+1.8%#37 of 520
5Grand Rapids, MN74147.6$4.8M+0.9%#50 of 520
6Fergus Falls, MN71218.3$4.5M+1.6%#70 of 520
7Detroit Lakes, MN71139.0$4.2M+0.9%#71 of 520
8Worthington, MN6956.5$5.7M+0.6%#82 of 520
Wahpeton, ND-MN6999.5$4M0.0%#86 of 520
9Alexandria, MN681810.3$3.8M+2.6%#96 of 520
17Fairmont, MN5389.1$3.8M−2.8%#226 of 520

Other business types in the Fairmont area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Fairmont, MN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pizza places in the Fairmont area. 8 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.

How much do households in the Fairmont, MN area spend on food away from home?

About $30.8M a year, or $3,480 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 8,839 households in the Fairmont area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Fairmont, MN area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Fairmont area has 9.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.8M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Fairmont area would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 804 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is the Fairmont, MN area growing?

Population estimates put the Fairmont area at 19,440 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,839 households. Median household income in the Fairmont area is $59,507, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Fairmont area scores 53 for pizza places (upper middle), #226 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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