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Pizza places in Knox County, MO

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$4.2M
On food away from home · $3,288 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
15.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
3,728
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 pizza places in Knox County. That is 15.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Knox County comes to about $4.2M a year: $3,288 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Knox County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Knox County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Knox 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.

Pizza in Knox County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureKnox CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.59.98.0
Spending per listing$2.1M$3.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)n/a521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,288$3,799$4,070
Median household income$57,788$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored32

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
22 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Knox 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 Knox County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,728−0.1% since 2020
Households
1,288
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
504 sq. mi.
People per square mile
7
Median household income
$57,788
Average household income
$76,853
Median home value
$101,400
Jobs located here
853
Daytime population
3,277Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO77337.5$6M+6.7%#143 of 2,090
2Warren County, MO73139.4$4.3M+9.2%#234 of 2,090
3St. Charles County, MO711237.6$6.1M+4.9%#273 of 2,090
4Cass County, MO71378.6$4.9M+7.1%#290 of 2,090
5Lincoln County, MO712511.0$3.7M+11.4%#294 of 2,090
6Ste. Genevieve County, MO6957.0$5.3M+1.1%#350 of 2,090
7Ray County, MO6677.7$4.9M+1.1%#457 of 2,090
8Jefferson County, MO65748.4$4.8M+2.7%#484 of 2,090
9Christian County, MO653510.0$4M+8.3%#493 of 2,090
10Clay County, MO63817.9$5.3M+4.3%#551 of 2,090
Knox County, MONot scored215.5$2.1M−0.1%

Other business types in Knox County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Knox County, MO?

There are 2 pizza places on map listings in Knox County as of September 2026. The listings count pizza restaurants. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Knox County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Knox County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $4.2M a year, or $3,288 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,288 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Knox County, MO compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Knox County has 2 pizza places on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Knox County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Knox County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Knox County at 3,728 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,288 households. The median household income in Knox County is $57,788 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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