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Pizza places in Sherburne County, MN

How Sherburne 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 92 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #5 of 2,090 scored counties
#1 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
20
15 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
42
All limited-service restaurants · +2.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$165.1M
On food away from home · $4,644 a household
Spending per listing
$8.3M
62% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
30% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,194
+6.8% 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

For pizza places, Sherburne County has a Groundwork market score of 92 (very high): #5 of 2,090 scored counties and #1 of 59 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pizza places in Sherburne County. Chain locations make up 75% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $4,644 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Sherburne County spend about $165.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 20 pizza places, that is $8.3M per pizza place, 62% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 42 businesses with payroll in Sherburne County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 847 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. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Sherburne County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sherburne County grew 6.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sherburne 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 Sherburne County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureSherburne CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.67.58.0
Spending per listing$8.3M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)847600478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.4%+1.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.8%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,644$4,330$4,070
Median household income$105,466$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score9270

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
41 → 42All limited-service restaurants · +2.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,034
Annual payroll, 2023
$17.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2015 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
104,194+6.8% since 2020
Households
35,555
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
433 sq. mi.
People per square mile
232
Median household income
$105,466+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$123,508
Median home value
$361,400
Jobs located here
25,815
Daytime population
71,951Residents 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 Sherburne 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 Sherburne County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Sherburne County, MN?

There are 20 pizza places on map listings in Sherburne County as of September 2026. 15 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $165.1M a year, or $4,644 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8.3M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,555 households in Sherburne County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sherburne County has 5.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8.3M, 62% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Sherburne County would have about 33, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 847 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Sherburne County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Sherburne County at 104,194 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,555 households. The median household income in Sherburne County is $105,466 a year, 31% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Sherburne County scores 92 for pizza places (very high), #5 of 2,090 scored counties.

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