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Pizza places in Lake County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Lake County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #507 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 15 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 8
- 5 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $44.1M
- On food away from home · $3,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,392
- +6.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Lake County comes to about $44.1M a year: $3,509 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pizza places, that is $5.5M per pizza place, 9% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 8 pizza places on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 547 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 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $135K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lake County.
Population estimates show Lake County grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Lake County is 64 (upper middle), #507 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 15 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 547 | 569 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,509 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,360 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 23All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 313
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 85 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
- 1
- Amount
- $135K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,392+6.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,576
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,491 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $63,360+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,243
- Median home value
- $421,800
- Jobs located here
- 9,693
- Daytime population
- 30,848Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Lake County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pizza places in Lake County. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 23 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 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lake County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $44.1M a year, or $3,509 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 12,576 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MT compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Lake County has 6.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.5M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Lake County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 547 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 33,392 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. Median household income in Lake County is $63,360, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Lake County scores 64 for pizza places (upper middle), #507 of 2,090 scored counties.
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