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Pizza places in the Beatrice, NE area

How the Beatrice, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #282 of 520 scored small-town markets
#2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska

Listings
14
12 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
12
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$33.4M
On food away from home · $3,585 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
88% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,711
+0.2% 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 the Beatrice area spend about $33.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,585 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per pizza place, 53% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 14 pizza places on map listings in the Beatrice area as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 86%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 15.0 per 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Beatrice area in 2023. That is one for every 777 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $945K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Beatrice area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Beatrice area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, the Beatrice area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #282 of 520 scored small-town markets and #2 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska.

How the Beatrice area compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Beatrice, NE area compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureBeatrice areaNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.09.18.0
Spending per listing$2.4M$4.3M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)777526478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,585$3,946$4,070
Median household income$67,247$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score4849

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
283
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1412 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$945K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Beatrice area, 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 the Beatrice area

Population, 2025 estimate
21,711+0.2% since 2020
Households
9,327
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
852 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,338
Median home value
$174,000
Jobs located here
8,371
Daytime population
18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Nebraska for pizza places, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with the Beatrice area marked.

Top small-town markets in Nebraska

Small-town markets in Nebraska ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, NE571910.9$3.4M+3.8%#181 of 520
2Beatrice, NE481415.0$2.4M+0.2%#282 of 520
3Scottsbluff, NE46106.5$5.3M−1.2%#293 of 520
4Hastings, NE461810.6$3.5M−0.2%#301 of 520
5Norfolk, NE452010.2$3.6M+1.1%#304 of 520
6Fremont, NE451811.9$3.1M+2.6%#308 of 520
7Lexington, NE441313.0$2.9M+1.1%#319 of 520
8Kearney, NE422711.8$3.3M+1.9%#334 of 520
9North Platte, NE271711.2$3.2M−3.6%#474 of 520

Other business types in the Beatrice area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Beatrice, NE area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 14 pizza places in the Beatrice area. 12 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 12 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 the Beatrice, NE area spend on food away from home?

About $33.4M a year, or $3,585 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beatrice, NE area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Beatrice area has 15.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 88% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.4M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Beatrice area would have about 7, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 777 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is the Beatrice, NE area growing?

Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Beatrice area scores 48 for pizza places (lower middle), #282 of 520 scored small-town markets.

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