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Pizza places in Cibola County, NM
How Cibola County, NM 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,172 of 2,090 scored counties
#11 of 20 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 5
- 4 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $25.9M
- On food away from home · $3,042 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,807
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Cibola County spend about $25.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,042 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.2M per pizza place, 2% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Cibola County has 5 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Cibola County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 607 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.
Population estimates show Cibola County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Cibola County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,172 of 2,090 scored counties and #11 of 20 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Cibola County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Cibola County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 5.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 607 | 507 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,042 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,759 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 349
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 54 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Cibola 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 Cibola County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,807−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 8,503
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,540 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $50,759+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,355
- Median home value
- $125,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,233
- Daytime population
- 26,630Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for pizza places, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Cibola County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 87 | 30 | 5.3 | $7.7M | +6.9% | #23 of 2,090 |
| 2Valencia County, NM | 72 | 12 | 4.4 | $7.7M | +7.2% | #241 of 2,090 |
| 3Santa Fe County, NM | 70 | 34 | 4.8 | $8.3M | +1.2% | #296 of 2,090 |
| 4Doña Ana County, NM | 67 | 43 | 5.1 | $6.5M | +4.1% | #394 of 2,090 |
| 5Eddy County, NM | 65 | 12 | 5.1 | $7.6M | +0.3% | #466 of 2,090 |
| 6Otero County, NM | 62 | 16 | 6.5 | $5M | +3.7% | #587 of 2,090 |
| 7Rio Arriba County, NM | 58 | 9 | 5.8 | $5.8M | −1.0% | #710 of 2,090 |
| 8Taos County, NM | 50 | 10 | 6.4 | $5.3M | +0.3% | #1,009 of 2,090 |
| 9Lea County, NM | 49 | 16 | 6.5 | $5.6M | +0.2% | #1,060 of 2,090 |
| 10Bernalillo County, NM | 48 | 170 | 6.0 | $6.2M | −1.4% | #1,097 of 2,090 |
| 11Cibola County, NM | 46 | 5 | 5.9 | $5.2M | −0.6% | #1,172 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Cibola 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 Cibola County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pizza places in Cibola County. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 14 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 Cibola County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $25.9M a year, or $3,042 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 8,503 households in Cibola County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cibola County, NM compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Cibola County has 5.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.2M, 2% above 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 607 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Cibola County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Cibola County at 26,807 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,503 households. Median household income in Cibola County is $50,759, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Cibola County scores 46 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,172 of 2,090 scored counties.
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