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Pizza places in Pettis County, MO

The pizza places in Pettis County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,517 of 2,090 scored counties
#38 of 82 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
17
15 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
34
All limited-service restaurants · +3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$57.2M
On food away from home · $3,368 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.0
25% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,254
+2.9% 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 Pettis County comes to about $57.2M a year: $3,368 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 pizza places, that is $3.4M per pizza place, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Pettis County has 17 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 88% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.0 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Pettis County in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 500 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.6M has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pettis County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pettis County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Pettis County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,517 of 2,090 scored counties and #38 of 82 scored counties in Missouri.

How Pettis 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 Pettis County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasurePettis CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.09.98.0
Spending per listing$3.4M$3.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)500521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.0%+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,368$3,799$4,070
Median household income$60,430$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3832

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 34All limited-service restaurants · +3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
928
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1715 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pettis 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 Pettis County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,254+2.9% since 2020
Households
16,996
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
682 sq. mi.
People per square mile
64
Median household income
$60,430+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,820
Median home value
$166,300
Jobs located here
20,518
Daytime population
44,113Residents 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 Pettis 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
38Pettis County, MO381710.0$3.4M+2.9%#1,517 of 2,090

Other business types in Pettis County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Pettis County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pizza places in Pettis County. 15 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.0% 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 Pettis County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $57.2M a year, or $3,368 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 16,996 households in Pettis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pettis County has 10.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pettis County would have about 11, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 500 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pettis County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Pettis County at 44,254 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,996 households. Median household income in Pettis County is $60,430, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Pettis County scores 38 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,517 of 2,090 scored counties.

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