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Pizza places in Edgecombe County, NC
How Edgecombe 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #498 of 2,090 scored counties
#25 of 83 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 8 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- All limited-service restaurants · −7.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $61M
- On food away from home · $3,105 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.6M
- 50% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,121
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pizza places in Edgecombe County. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,105 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Edgecombe County spend about $61M a year on food away from home. That is about $7.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 50% above 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.
Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Edgecombe County in 2023, down 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 756 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 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Edgecombe County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Edgecombe County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #498 of 2,090 scored counties and #25 of 83 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Edgecombe 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 | Edgecombe County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.6M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 756 | 504 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.1% | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,105 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,265 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 26All limited-service restaurants · −7.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 671
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 88 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Edgecombe 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 Edgecombe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,121+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 19,652
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 505 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $51,265+39.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,605
- Median home value
- $125,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,843
- Daytime population
- 39,481Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for pizza places, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Edgecombe County marked.
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 |
| 25Edgecombe County, NC | 64 | 8 | 4.1 | $7.6M | +0.7% | #498 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Edgecombe County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Edgecombe County, NC?
Edgecombe County has 8 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 7.1% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Edgecombe County, NC spend on food away from home?
About $61M a year, or $3,105 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,652 households in Edgecombe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Edgecombe County, NC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Edgecombe County has 4.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.6M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Edgecombe County would have about 12, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 756 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Edgecombe County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Edgecombe County at 49,121 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,652 households. The median household income in Edgecombe County is $51,265 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.1% 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. Edgecombe County scores 64 for pizza places (upper middle), #498 of 2,090 scored counties.
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