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Pizza places in Hennepin County, MN
The pizza places in Hennepin County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #360 of 2,090 scored counties
#21 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 345
- 221 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- 1,069
- All limited-service restaurants · +0.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On food away from home · $4,638 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,284,784
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 345 pizza places in Hennepin County. Of those, 221 are chain locations, or 64%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $4,638 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Hennepin County spend about $2.5B a year on food away from home. That is about $7.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 43% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Hennepin County was 1,069 in 2023, up 0.1% from 2019. That is one for every 505 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 116 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 58 SBA-backed loans worth $24.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hennepin County.
Population estimates put the population change in Hennepin County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Hennepin County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #360 of 2,090 scored counties and #21 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Hennepin 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 | Hennepin County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $5.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 505 | 600 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.1% | +1.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,638 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,653 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,068 → 1,069All limited-service restaurants · +0.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 19,790
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $465.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 116All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 345221 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 492The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 58
- Amount
- $24.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Hennepin 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 Hennepin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,284,784+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 539,493
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,291
- Median household income
- $97,653+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $138,438
- Median home value
- $392,900
- Jobs located here
- 969,903
- Daytime population
- 1,598,583Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 21Hennepin County, MN | 68 | 345 | 6.4 | $7.3M | +0.2% | #360 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Hennepin 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 Hennepin County, MN?
There are 345 pizza places on map listings in Hennepin County as of September 2026. 221 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 1,069 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 0.1% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 116 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Hennepin County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $2.5B a year, or $4,638 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 345 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.3M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 539,493 households in Hennepin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hennepin County, MN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Hennepin County has 6.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.3M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Hennepin County would have about 492, against 345 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 505 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Hennepin County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Hennepin County at 1,284,784 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 539,493 households. The median household income in Hennepin County is $97,653 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.9% 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. Hennepin County scores 68 for pizza places (upper middle), #360 of 2,090 scored counties.
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