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Pizza places in Currituck County, NC

How Currituck County, NC 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,051 of 2,090 scored counties
#45 of 83 scored counties in North Carolina

Listings
19
5 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
25
All limited-service restaurants · −3.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$51.1M
On food away from home · $4,313 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,158
+16.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $4,313 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Currituck County spend about $51.1M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Currituck County has 19 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 26%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 16.0 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Currituck County was 25 in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 474 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.

Population estimates show Currituck County grew 16.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Currituck County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,051 of 2,090 scored counties and #45 of 83 scored counties in North Carolina.

How Currituck 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.

Pizza in Currituck County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureCurrituck CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.07.48.0
Spending per listing$2.7M$5.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)474504478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.8%+4.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.7%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,313$3,776$4,070
Median household income$93,511$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score5053

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 25All limited-service restaurants · −3.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
347
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
195 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Currituck 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 Currituck County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,158+16.7% since 2020
Households
11,845
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
2.4
Land area
262 sq. mi.
People per square mile
117
Median household income
$93,511+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,114
Median home value
$378,800
Jobs located here
7,011
Daytime population
23,934Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for pizza places, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Currituck County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, NC85607.1$6.4M+11.7%#43 of 2,090
2Davie County, NC83105.8$6.6M+6.9%#52 of 2,090
3Orange County, NC82335.8$7.6M+6.1%#55 of 2,090
4Chatham County, NC81288.5$5.3M+11.0%#76 of 2,090
5Hoke County, NC79115.7$6.1M+9.0%#109 of 2,090
6Yadkin County, NC7674.7$7.3M+2.9%#151 of 2,090
7Durham County, NC75795.6$7.4M+7.7%#165 of 2,090
8Henderson County, NC75295.7$6.4M+5.0%#171 of 2,090
9Pender County, NC75166.3$6.2M+19.0%#172 of 2,090
10Stokes County, NC7394.6$7M+3.5%#214 of 2,090
45Currituck County, NC501916.0$2.7M+16.7%#1,051 of 2,090

Other business types in Currituck County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Currituck County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 pizza places in Currituck County. 5 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.

How much do households in Currituck County, NC spend on food away from home?

About $51.1M a year, or $4,313 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 11,845 households in Currituck County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Currituck County, NC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Currituck County has 16.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.7M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Currituck County would have about 10, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 474 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Currituck County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Currituck County at 33,158 people in 2025, up 16.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,845 households. Median household income in Currituck County is $93,511, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.7%, 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. Currituck County scores 50 for pizza places (upper middle), #1,051 of 2,090 scored counties.

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