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Pizza places in Scott County, MO

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,634 of 2,090 scored counties
#48 of 82 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
17
15 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
27
All limited-service restaurants · +28.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$52.6M
On food away from home · $3,430 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,975
−0.1% since 2020

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What this means

Scott County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,634 of 2,090 scored counties and #48 of 82 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Scott County spend about $52.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,430 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per pizza place, 39% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Scott County has 17 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 88%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Scott County in 2023, up 28.6% from 2019. That is one for every 568 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 $287K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Scott County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Scott County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Scott 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 Scott County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureScott CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.19.98.0
Spending per listing$3.1M$3.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)568521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+28.6%+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,430$3,799$4,070
Median household income$62,782$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3532

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 27All limited-service restaurants · +28.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
530
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1715 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
$287K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
37,975−0.1% since 2020
Households
15,327
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
420 sq. mi.
People per square mile
90
Median household income
$62,782+42.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,670
Median home value
$154,400
Jobs located here
15,425
Daytime population
36,960Residents 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 Scott 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
48Scott County, MO351711.1$3.1M−0.1%#1,634 of 2,090

Other business types in Scott County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Scott County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pizza places in Scott County. 15 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 28.6% 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 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $52.6M a year, or $3,430 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 $3.1M 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 15,327 households in Scott County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Scott County has 11.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Scott County would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 568 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Scott County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Scott County at 37,975 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,327 households. Median household income in Scott County is $62,782, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.2%, 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. Scott County scores 35 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,634 of 2,090 scored counties.

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