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Pizza places in Smith County, MS

How Smith County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
4
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$17.6M
On food away from home · $3,155 a household
Spending per listing
$17.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,991
−1.5% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Smith County comes to about $17.6M a year: $3,155 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That is about $17.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There is 1 pizza place on map listings in Smith County as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Smith County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 1,398 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Smith County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 pizza place on map listings, Smith County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Smith 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.

Pizza in Smith County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureSmith CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.85.68.0
Spending per listing$17.6M$5.9M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,398459478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,155$3,288$4,070
Median household income$60,916$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored34

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$604K
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Smith 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 Smith County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,991−1.5% since 2020
Households
5,592
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
636 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$60,916+41.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,047
Median home value
$112,600
Jobs located here
2,109
Daytime population
10,403Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for pizza places, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Smith County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pearl River County, MS6994.1$8M+5.6%#328 of 2,090
2Marshall County, MS6675.3$6M+2.6%#440 of 2,090
3Madison County, MS65276.1$6.7M+6.5%#470 of 2,090
4Hancock County, MS6494.4$8.1M+1.6%#497 of 2,090
5Jackson County, MS63366.2$5.7M+3.0%#542 of 2,090
6George County, MS6155.4$6.3M+8.1%#606 of 2,090
7DeSoto County, MS59547.6$5.2M+6.3%#684 of 2,090
8Panola County, MS5354.1$7.5M−1.4%#883 of 2,090
9Tishomingo County, MS5255.7$5.6M−1.1%#929 of 2,090
10Lamar County, MS52187.1$5.2M+4.7%#936 of 2,090
Smith County, MSNot scored11.8$17.6M−1.5%

Other business types in Smith County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Smith County, MS?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 pizza place in Smith County. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 4 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Smith County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $17.6M a year, or $3,155 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 pizza place on map listings, it comes to $17.6M 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 5,592 households in Smith County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Smith County, MS compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Smith County has 1 pizza place on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Smith County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,398 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Smith County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Smith County at 13,991 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,592 households. Median household income in Smith County is $60,916, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.3%, 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. Smith County has no market score for pizza places: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for pizza places · All 56 business types in Smith County

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