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Pizza places in Jefferson County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Jefferson County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #91 of 2,090 scored counties
#3 of 15 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $21.8M
- On food away from home · $4,368 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,329
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Jefferson County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #91 of 2,090 scored counties and #3 of 15 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Household spending on food away from home in Jefferson County comes to about $21.8M a year: $4,368 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per pizza place, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 5 pizza places on map listings in Jefferson County as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.0 per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Jefferson County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,249 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. Population estimates put the population change in Jefferson County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Jefferson County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Jefferson County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,249 | 569 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,368 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $95,490 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $676K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,329+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 4,996
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 1,657 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $95,490+37.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,428
- Median home value
- $446,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,743
- Daytime population
- 10,190Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 84 | 10 | 5.4 | $6.8M | +9.4% | #47 of 2,090 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 81 | 19 | 6.1 | $6.4M | +5.8% | #68 of 2,090 |
| 3Jefferson County, MT | 80 | 5 | 10.0 | $4.4M | +9.8% | #91 of 2,090 |
| 4Missoula County, MT | 71 | 30 | 5.7 | $6.7M | +4.4% | #265 of 2,090 |
| 5Gallatin County, MT | 70 | 40 | 7.8 | $5.6M | +7.7% | #314 of 2,090 |
| 6Flathead County, MT | 66 | 37 | 8.4 | $4.5M | +10.1% | #462 of 2,090 |
| 7Lake County, MT | 64 | 8 | 6.4 | $5.5M | +6.9% | #507 of 2,090 |
| 8Park County, MT | 59 | 6 | 7.2 | $5.2M | +5.7% | #683 of 2,090 |
| 9Yellowstone County, MT | 58 | 59 | 8.4 | $4.6M | +4.5% | #727 of 2,090 |
| 10Silver Bow County, MT | 50 | 8 | 5.2 | $6.3M | +2.6% | #1,003 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Jefferson County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Jefferson County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pizza places in Jefferson County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 4 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.
How much do households in Jefferson County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $21.8M a year, or $4,368 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 4,996 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson County, MT compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Jefferson County has 10.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 4, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,249 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson County at 13,329 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,996 households. Median household income in Jefferson County is $95,490, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.1%, 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. Jefferson County scores 80 for pizza places (high), #91 of 2,090 scored counties.
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