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Pizza places in Saunders County, NE
How Saunders 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #110 of 2,090 scored counties
#2 of 22 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 8
- 8 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $38.2M
- On food away from home · $4,292 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,702
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Saunders County is 79 (high), #110 of 2,090 scored counties and #2 of 22 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pizza places in Saunders County. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Saunders County spend about $38.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,292 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 pizza places, that is $4.8M per pizza place, 6% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Saunders County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,112 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Saunders County. Population estimates show Saunders County grew 6.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Saunders 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 | Saunders County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.3M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,112 | 526 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,292 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $94,066 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 88 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Saunders 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 Saunders County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,702+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,899
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $94,066+37.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,182
- Median home value
- $271,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,794
- Daytime population
- 16,853Residents 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 |
Other business types in Saunders 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 Saunders County, NE?
There are 8 pizza places on map listings in Saunders County as of September 2026. 8 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.
How much do households in Saunders County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $38.2M a year, or $4,292 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,899 households in Saunders County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saunders County, NE compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Saunders County has 9.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.8M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,112 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Saunders County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Saunders County at 23,702 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,899 households. The median household income in Saunders County is $94,066 a year, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.0% 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. Saunders County scores 79 for pizza places (high), #110 of 2,090 scored counties.
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