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Pizza places in Polk County, MO
The pizza places in Polk County, MO, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,289 of 2,090 scored counties
#27 of 82 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 17
- 16 chain locations (94%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $41.3M
- On food away from home · $3,426 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.1
- 76% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,604
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 pizza places in Polk County. 16 of them (94%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 14.1 for every 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Polk County comes to about $41.3M a year: $3,426 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per pizza place, 52% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 635 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Polk County.
Population estimates show Polk County grew 6.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Polk County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,289 of 2,090 scored counties and #27 of 82 scored counties in Missouri.
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.1 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 635 | 521 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,426 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,647 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 19All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 473
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1716 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,604+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,059
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 636 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $59,647+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,496
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,220
- Daytime population
- 28,041Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for pizza places, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Polk County marked.
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 |
| 27Polk County, MO | 44 | 17 | 14.1 | $2.4M | +6.3% | #1,289 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Polk County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Polk County, MO?
Polk County has 17 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.
How much do households in Polk County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $41.3M a year, or $3,426 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,059 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, MO compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Polk County has 14.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.4M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Polk County would have about 8, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 635 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 33,604 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,059 households. The median household income in Polk County is $59,647 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Polk County scores 44 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,289 of 2,090 scored counties.
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