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Pizza places in Lake County, MN

How Lake 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,449 of 2,090 scored counties
#57 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
6
2 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
8
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$18.4M
On food away from home · $3,726 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.1
51% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
10,746
−1.6% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pizza places in Lake County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 12.1 for every 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $3,726 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $18.4M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.1M per pizza place, 40% 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 Lake County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 618 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lake County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Lake County is 40 (lower middle), #1,449 of 2,090 scored counties and #57 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Lake 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 Lake County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.17.58.0
Spending per listing$3.1M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)618600478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.6%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,726$4,330$4,070
Median household income$75,541$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score4070

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
163
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
62 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,746−1.6% since 2020
Households
4,942
Median age
49.6
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,109 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$75,541+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,384
Median home value
$241,300
Jobs located here
3,658
Daytime population
9,997Residents 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 Lake 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
57Lake County, MN40612.1$3.1M−1.6%#1,449 of 2,090

Other business types in Lake County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Lake County, MN?

There are 6 pizza places on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 8 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 Lake County, MN spend on food away from home?

About $18.4M a year, or $3,726 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,942 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lake County has 12.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.1M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Lake County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 618 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Lake County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 10,746 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,942 households. The median household income in Lake County is $75,541 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Lake County scores 40 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,449 of 2,090 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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