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Pizza places in Stone County, MO

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #878 of 2,090 scored counties
#16 of 82 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
14
6 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
17
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$46.7M
On food away from home · $3,452 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.3
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
32,503
+4.1% 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

Households in Stone County spend about $46.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,452 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Stone County has 14 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Stone County in 2023. That is one for every 796 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. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Stone County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Stone County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #878 of 2,090 scored counties and #16 of 82 scored counties in Missouri.

How Stone 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 Stone County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureStone CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.39.98.0
Spending per listing$3.3M$3.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)796521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,452$3,799$4,070
Median household income$63,520$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5432

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 17All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
283
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
146 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Stone 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 Stone County

Population, 2025 estimate
32,503+4.1% since 2020
Households
13,530
Median age
52.4
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
464 sq. mi.
People per square mile
69
Median household income
$63,520+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,807
Median home value
$249,000
Jobs located here
7,170
Daytime population
25,642Residents 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 Stone 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
16Stone County, MO541410.3$3.3M+4.1%#878 of 2,090

Other business types in Stone County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Stone County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pizza places in Stone County. 6 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $46.7M a year, or $3,452 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 13,530 households in Stone County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Stone County has 10.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.3M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Stone County would have about 9, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 796 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Stone County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Stone County at 32,503 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,530 households. Median household income in Stone County is $63,520, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Stone County scores 54 for pizza places (upper middle), #878 of 2,090 scored counties.

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