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Pizza places in Dawson County, NE
How Dawson County, NE 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,610 of 2,090 scored counties
#17 of 22 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 13
- 13 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- All limited-service restaurants · −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $33.9M
- On food away from home · $3,707 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.2
- 78% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,452
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Dawson County is 36 (lower middle), #1,610 of 2,090 scored counties and #17 of 22 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pizza places in Dawson County. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 14.2 for every 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Dawson County spend about $33.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,707 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per pizza place, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Dawson County was 18 in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 508 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Population estimates put the population change in Dawson County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dawson County 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.
| Measure | Dawson County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.2 | 9.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.3M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 508 | 526 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | +6.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,707 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,880 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 18All limited-service restaurants · −10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 241
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1313 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,452+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,145
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $69,880+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,897
- Median home value
- $166,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,382
- Daytime population
- 24,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, NE | 81 | 6 | 7.1 | $6.2M | +1.8% | #70 of 2,090 |
| 2Saunders County, NE | 79 | 8 | 9.0 | $4.8M | +6.0% | #110 of 2,090 |
| 3Sarpy County, NE | 76 | 61 | 8.2 | $5.6M | +9.0% | #159 of 2,090 |
| 4Cass County, NE | 68 | 13 | 12.0 | $3.6M | +3.9% | #380 of 2,090 |
| 5Otoe County, NE | 61 | 5 | 7.8 | $5.1M | +3.9% | #617 of 2,090 |
| 6Douglas County, NE | 60 | 200 | 8.4 | $4.9M | +3.6% | #647 of 2,090 |
| 7Lancaster County, NE | 58 | 101 | 7.5 | $5.2M | +3.4% | #720 of 2,090 |
| 8Saline County, NE | 56 | 6 | 11.7 | $3.3M | +1.9% | #811 of 2,090 |
| 9Platte County, NE | 44 | 15 | 11.0 | $3.4M | +3.9% | #1,283 of 2,090 |
| 10Hall County, NE | 43 | 25 | 10.2 | $3.6M | +1.4% | #1,320 of 2,090 |
| 17Dawson County, NE | 36 | 13 | 14.2 | $2.6M | +1.5% | #1,610 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Dawson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Dawson County, NE?
There are 13 pizza places on map listings in Dawson County as of September 2026. 13 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Dawson County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $33.9M a year, or $3,707 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,145 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, NE compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Dawson County has 14.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 78% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.6M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Dawson County would have about 7, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 508 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Dawson County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 24,452 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,145 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $69,880 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Dawson County scores 36 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,610 of 2,090 scored counties.
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