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Pizza places in Avery County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Avery County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,672 of 2,090 scored counties
#72 of 83 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 5 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $23.6M
- On food away from home · $3,473 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,110
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Avery County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,672 of 2,090 scored counties and #72 of 83 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Avery County spend about $23.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,473 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per pizza place, 42% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 8 pizza places on map listings in Avery County as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 63%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 48% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Avery County in 2023. That is one for every 522 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Avery County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Avery County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Avery County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 522 | 504 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,473 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,428 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 162
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 85 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 Avery 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 Avery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,110+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,791
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 247 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 71
- Median household income
- $61,428+52.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,834
- Median home value
- $265,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,802
- Daytime population
- 18,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, NC | 85 | 60 | 7.1 | $6.4M | +11.7% | #43 of 2,090 |
| 2Davie County, NC | 83 | 10 | 5.8 | $6.6M | +6.9% | #52 of 2,090 |
| 3Orange County, NC | 82 | 33 | 5.8 | $7.6M | +6.1% | #55 of 2,090 |
| 4Chatham County, NC | 81 | 28 | 8.5 | $5.3M | +11.0% | #76 of 2,090 |
| 5Hoke County, NC | 79 | 11 | 5.7 | $6.1M | +9.0% | #109 of 2,090 |
| 6Yadkin County, NC | 76 | 7 | 4.7 | $7.3M | +2.9% | #151 of 2,090 |
| 7Durham County, NC | 75 | 79 | 5.6 | $7.4M | +7.7% | #165 of 2,090 |
| 8Henderson County, NC | 75 | 29 | 5.7 | $6.4M | +5.0% | #171 of 2,090 |
| 9Pender County, NC | 75 | 16 | 6.3 | $6.2M | +19.0% | #172 of 2,090 |
| 10Stokes County, NC | 73 | 9 | 4.6 | $7M | +3.5% | #214 of 2,090 |
| 72Avery County, NC | 34 | 8 | 11.8 | $2.9M | +1.1% | #1,672 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Avery County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Avery County, NC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pizza places in Avery County. 5 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 13 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 also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Avery County, NC spend on food away from home?
About $23.6M a year, or $3,473 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 6,791 households in Avery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Avery County, NC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Avery County has 11.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.9M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Avery County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 522 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Avery County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Avery County at 18,110 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,791 households. Median household income in Avery County is $61,428, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 52.3%, 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. Avery County scores 34 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,672 of 2,090 scored counties.
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