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Pizza places in Butler County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Butler County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,073 of 2,090 scored counties
#81 of 82 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 27
- 26 chain locations (96%)
- Official establishments
- 40
- All limited-service restaurants · +21.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.2M
- On food away from home · $3,086 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 63% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,904
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Butler County scores 12 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #2,073 of 2,090 scored counties and #81 of 82 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Butler County spend about $51.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,086 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per pizza place, 63% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 27 pizza places on map listings in Butler County as of September 2026. 26 of them (96%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.3, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in Butler County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 21.2% 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Butler County. Population estimates show Butler County declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Butler County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 415 | 521 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.2% | +8.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,086 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,089 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33 → 40All limited-service restaurants · +21.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 803
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2726 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,904−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 16,594
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 695 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $49,089+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,066
- Median home value
- $145,100
- Jobs located here
- 18,059
- Daytime population
- 43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Platte County, MO | 77 | 33 | 7.5 | $6M | +6.7% | #143 of 2,090 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 73 | 13 | 9.4 | $4.3M | +9.2% | #234 of 2,090 |
| 3St. Charles County, MO | 71 | 123 | 7.6 | $6.1M | +4.9% | #273 of 2,090 |
| 4Cass County, MO | 71 | 37 | 8.6 | $4.9M | +7.1% | #290 of 2,090 |
| 5Lincoln County, MO | 71 | 25 | 11.0 | $3.7M | +11.4% | #294 of 2,090 |
| 6Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 69 | 5 | 7.0 | $5.3M | +1.1% | #350 of 2,090 |
| 7Ray County, MO | 66 | 7 | 7.7 | $4.9M | +1.1% | #457 of 2,090 |
| 8Jefferson County, MO | 65 | 74 | 8.4 | $4.8M | +2.7% | #484 of 2,090 |
| 9Christian County, MO | 65 | 35 | 10.0 | $4M | +8.3% | #493 of 2,090 |
| 10Clay County, MO | 63 | 81 | 7.9 | $5.3M | +4.3% | #551 of 2,090 |
| 81Butler County, MO | 12 | 27 | 16.3 | $1.9M | −0.4% | #2,073 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Butler County, MO?
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 pizza places in Butler County. 26 of them (96%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 21.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Butler County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $51.2M a year, or $3,086 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 16,594 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, MO compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Butler County has 16.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.9M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Butler County would have about 10, against 27 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 21.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. Median household income in Butler County is $49,089, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.0%, 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. Butler County scores 12 for pizza places (low), #2,073 of 2,090 scored counties.
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