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Pizza places in Holmes County, MS
How Holmes County, MS 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 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,799 of 2,090 scored counties
#34 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 6
- 4 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $16.6M
- On food away from home · $2,703 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,465
- −8.4% since 2020
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What this means
Holmes County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,799 of 2,090 scored counties and #34 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Holmes County spend about $16.6M a year on food away from home, or $2,703 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 pizza places, that is $2.8M per pizza place, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 6 pizza places on map listings in Holmes County as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Holmes County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,026 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Holmes County declined 8.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Holmes County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Holmes County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 5.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $5.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,026 | 459 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.4% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,703 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $32,538 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $900K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 64 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Holmes 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 Holmes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,465−8.4% since 2020
- Households
- 6,157
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 757 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $32,538+51.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $57,698
- Median home value
- $80,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,958
- Daytime population
- 13,484Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for pizza places, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Holmes County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pearl River County, MS | 69 | 9 | 4.1 | $8M | +5.6% | #328 of 2,090 |
| 2Marshall County, MS | 66 | 7 | 5.3 | $6M | +2.6% | #440 of 2,090 |
| 3Madison County, MS | 65 | 27 | 6.1 | $6.7M | +6.5% | #470 of 2,090 |
| 4Hancock County, MS | 64 | 9 | 4.4 | $8.1M | +1.6% | #497 of 2,090 |
| 5Jackson County, MS | 63 | 36 | 6.2 | $5.7M | +3.0% | #542 of 2,090 |
| 6George County, MS | 61 | 5 | 5.4 | $6.3M | +8.1% | #606 of 2,090 |
| 7DeSoto County, MS | 59 | 54 | 7.6 | $5.2M | +6.3% | #684 of 2,090 |
| 8Panola County, MS | 53 | 5 | 4.1 | $7.5M | −1.4% | #883 of 2,090 |
| 9Tishomingo County, MS | 52 | 5 | 5.7 | $5.6M | −1.1% | #929 of 2,090 |
| 10Lamar County, MS | 52 | 18 | 7.1 | $5.2M | +4.7% | #936 of 2,090 |
| 34Holmes County, MS | 30 | 6 | 9.7 | $2.8M | −8.4% | #1,799 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Holmes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Holmes County, MS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pizza places in Holmes County. 4 of them (67%) 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. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Holmes County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $16.6M a year, or $2,703 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 6,157 households in Holmes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Holmes County, MS compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Holmes County has 9.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Holmes County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,026 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Holmes County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Holmes County at 15,465 people in 2025, down 8.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,157 households. Median household income in Holmes County is $32,538, 60% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 51.3%, 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. Holmes County scores 30 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,799 of 2,090 scored counties.
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