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Pizza places in Kanabec County, MN

How Kanabec 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #258 of 2,090 scored counties
#15 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
5
3 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
6
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$24.3M
On food away from home · $3,703 a household
Spending per listing
$4.9M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,628
+3.6% 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

Households in Kanabec County spend about $24.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,703 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 pizza places, that is $4.9M per pizza place, 4% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 5 pizza places on map listings in Kanabec County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Kanabec County in 2023. That is one for every 1,094 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.6M has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kanabec County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kanabec County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Kanabec County is 72 (upper middle), #258 of 2,090 scored counties and #15 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Kanabec 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.

Pizza in Kanabec County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureKanabec CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.67.58.0
Spending per listing$4.9M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,094600478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,703$4,330$4,070
Median household income$71,460$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score7270

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
104
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
53 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kanabec 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 Kanabec County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,628+3.6% since 2020
Households
6,564
Median age
45.8
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$71,460+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,428
Median home value
$228,100
Jobs located here
4,304
Daytime population
13,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for pizza places, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Kanabec County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sherburne County, MN92205.6$8.3M+6.8%#5 of 2,090
2Carver County, MN86276.6$8M+6.6%#28 of 2,090
3Washington County, MN86757.1$7.1M+6.9%#32 of 2,090
4Scott County, MN85336.0$8.6M+5.1%#35 of 2,090
5Wright County, MN82478.7$5.4M+11.1%#62 of 2,090
6Isanti County, MN81127.4$5.5M+7.3%#73 of 2,090
7Dakota County, MN791237.1$6.7M+3.9%#102 of 2,090
8Dodge County, MN7678.7$5M+2.3%#162 of 2,090
9Goodhue County, MN75105.1$7.9M+1.3%#164 of 2,090
10Anoka County, MN751087.9$5.8M+4.7%#173 of 2,090
15Kanabec County, MN7257.6$4.9M+3.6%#258 of 2,090

Other business types in Kanabec County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Kanabec County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pizza places in Kanabec County. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 6 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 Kanabec County, MN spend on food away from home?

About $24.3M a year, or $3,703 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 6,564 households in Kanabec County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Kanabec County, MN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Kanabec County has 7.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.9M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,094 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Kanabec County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Kanabec County at 16,628 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,564 households. Median household income in Kanabec County is $71,460, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Kanabec County scores 72 for pizza places (upper middle), #258 of 2,090 scored counties.

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