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Pizza places in Scott County, MN

The pizza places in Scott County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 85 out of 100: High

Ranked #35 of 2,090 scored counties
#4 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
33
24 chain locations (73%)
Official establishments
92
All limited-service restaurants · +8.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$283.2M
On food away from home · $5,152 a household
Spending per listing
$8.6M
69% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
159,017
+5.1% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Scott County is 85 (high), #35 of 2,090 scored counties and #4 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

Household spending on food away from home in Scott County comes to about $283.2M a year: $5,152 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. That is about $8.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 69% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Scott County has 33 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 73%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Scott County was 92 in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 598 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, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $974K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Scott County. Population estimates put the population change in Scott County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Scott 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 Scott County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureScott CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.07.58.0
Spending per listing$8.6M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)598600478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.2%+1.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$5,152$4,330$4,070
Median household income$119,314$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score8570

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
85 → 92All limited-service restaurants · +8.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,014
Annual payroll, 2023
$38.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
12All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3324 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$974K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
159,017+5.1% since 2020
Households
54,971
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
356 sq. mi.
People per square mile
434
Median household income
$119,314+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$149,625
Median home value
$419,400
Jobs located here
52,486
Daytime population
123,757Residents 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 Scott 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

Other business types in Scott County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Scott County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 pizza places in Scott County. 24 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 92 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Scott County, MN spend on food away from home?

About $283.2M a year, or $5,152 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 54,971 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Scott County has 6.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8.6M, 69% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Scott County would have about 56, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 598 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Scott County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Scott County at 159,017 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,971 households. Median household income in Scott County is $119,314, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.8%, 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. Scott County scores 85 for pizza places (high), #35 of 2,090 scored counties.

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