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Pizza places in Rice County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Rice County, MN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #317 of 2,090 scored counties
#19 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 18
- 10 chain locations (56%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $95.9M
- On food away from home · $4,082 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,939
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Rice County comes to about $95.9M a year: $4,082 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $5.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Rice County has 18 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.7, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 41 businesses with payroll in Rice County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 573 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 $900K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Rice County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rice County grew 4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Rice County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #317 of 2,090 scored counties and #19 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Rice 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 | Rice County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $5.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 573 | 600 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.9% | +1.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,082 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,181 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 41All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 845
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1810 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $900K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Rice 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 Rice County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,939+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,493
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 137
- Median household income
- $83,181+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,276
- Median home value
- $320,200
- Jobs located here
- 25,685
- Daytime population
- 60,549Residents 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 |
| 19Rice County, MN | 70 | 18 | 7.7 | $5.3M | +4.2% | #317 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Rice County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 pizza places in Rice County. 10 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. 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 Rice County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $95.9M a year, or $4,082 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 23,493 households in Rice County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rice County, MN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Rice County has 7.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.3M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Rice County would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 573 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Rice County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Rice County at 69,939 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,493 households. Median household income in Rice County is $83,181, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Rice County scores 70 for pizza places (upper middle), #317 of 2,090 scored counties.
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