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Pizza places in Platte County, MO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Platte County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #143 of 2,090 scored counties
#1 of 82 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
33
26 chain locations (79%)
Official establishments
78
All limited-service restaurants · +30.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$198.4M
On food away from home · $4,520 a household
Spending per listing
$6M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
114,400
+6.7% 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

Platte County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #143 of 2,090 scored counties and #1 of 82 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 pizza places in Platte County. Chain locations make up 79% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in Platte County comes to about $198.4M a year: $4,520 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Platte County was 78 in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019. That is one for every 563 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Platte County. Population estimates show Platte County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Platte 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 Platte County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasurePlatte CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.59.98.0
Spending per listing$6M$3.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)563521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+30.0%+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,520$3,799$4,070
Median household income$96,227$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7732

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
60 → 78All limited-service restaurants · +30.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,970
Annual payroll, 2023
$43.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
9All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3326 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$1.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
114,400+6.7% since 2020
Households
43,902
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
420 sq. mi.
People per square mile
263
Median household income
$96,227+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,410
Median home value
$345,100
Jobs located here
48,509
Daytime population
103,025Residents 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 Platte 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

Other business types in Platte County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Platte County, MO?

There are 33 pizza places on map listings in Platte County as of September 2026. 26 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 30.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $198.4M a year, or $4,520 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,902 households in Platte County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Platte County has 7.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Platte County would have about 39, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 563 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Platte County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Platte County at 114,400 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,902 households. The median household income in Platte County is $96,227 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Platte County scores 77 for pizza places (high), #143 of 2,090 scored counties.

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