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Pizza places in Carson City, NV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Carson City, NV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,141 of 2,090 scored counties
#8 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 19
- 15 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $88.3M
- On food away from home · $3,725 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,571
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 pizza places in Carson City. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 79%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,725 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Carson City spend about $88.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 19 pizza places, that is $4.6M per pizza place, 9% 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 Carson City was 48 in 2023, up 2.1% from 2019. That is one for every 494 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carson City.
Population estimates put the population change in Carson City from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Carson City is 47 (lower middle), #1,141 of 2,090 scored counties and #8 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Carson City compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Carson City | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 494 | 402 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.1% | +13.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,725 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,355 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47 → 48All limited-service restaurants · +2.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 834
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carson City, 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 Carson City
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,571−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,692
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 145 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 404
- Median household income
- $72,355+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,042
- Median home value
- $453,000
- Jobs located here
- 29,300
- Daytime population
- 60,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 76 | 17 | 7.2 | $5.4M | +9.5% | #160 of 2,090 |
| 2Douglas County, NV | 70 | 13 | 6.1 | $7.1M | +1.2% | #299 of 2,090 |
| 3Washoe County, NV | 68 | 132 | 6.6 | $6.3M | +4.4% | #365 of 2,090 |
| 4Elko County, NV | 61 | 13 | 6.6 | $6M | +2.1% | #608 of 2,090 |
| 5Nye County, NV | 58 | 20 | 9.0 | $3.8M | +10.3% | #734 of 2,090 |
| 6Clark County, NV | 53 | 712 | 8.3 | $4.7M | +5.8% | #906 of 2,090 |
| 7Churchill County, NV | 48 | 7 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +1.1% | #1,101 of 2,090 |
| 8Carson City, NV | 47 | 19 | 8.0 | $4.6M | −0.2% | #1,141 of 2,090 |
| 9Humboldt County, NV | 44 | 6 | 8.7 | $4.3M | 0.0% | #1,260 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Carson City, NV?
There are 19 pizza places on map listings in Carson City as of September 2026. 15 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.1% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carson City, NV spend on food away from home?
About $88.3M a year, or $3,725 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,692 households in Carson City and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carson City, NV compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Carson City has 8.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.6M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Carson City would have about 17, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 494 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Carson City, NV growing?
Population estimates put Carson City at 58,571 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,692 households. The median household income in Carson City is $72,355 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Carson City scores 47 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,141 of 2,090 scored counties.
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