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Pizza places in Simpson County, MS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Simpson County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,814 of 2,090 scored counties
#35 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 7
- 7 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- All limited-service restaurants · +15.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $30.8M
- On food away from home · $3,224 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,498
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Simpson County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,814 of 2,090 scored counties and #35 of 38 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Simpson County comes to about $30.8M a year: $3,224 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per pizza place, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Simpson County has 7 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.3, 9% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Simpson County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 415 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 Simpson County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Simpson 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 | Simpson County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 5.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $5.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 415 | 459 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.0% | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,224 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,381 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 23All limited-service restaurants · +15.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 453
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 77 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Simpson 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 Simpson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,498−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,543
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 589 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $56,381+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,917
- Median home value
- $122,200
- Jobs located here
- 7,443
- Daytime population
- 22,197Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 35Simpson County, MS | 29 | 7 | 7.3 | $4.4M | −1.5% | #1,814 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Simpson County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pizza places in Simpson County. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.0% 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 Simpson County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $30.8M a year, or $3,224 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 9,543 households in Simpson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Simpson County, MS compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Simpson County has 7.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Simpson County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 415 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Simpson County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Simpson County at 25,498 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,543 households. Median household income in Simpson County is $56,381, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. Simpson County scores 29 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,814 of 2,090 scored counties.
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