Food and drink · Small-town market · North Carolina
Pizza places in the Henderson, NC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Henderson, NC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #486 of 520 scored small-town markets
#22 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 18
- 18 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50M
- On food away from home · $3,093 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,638
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, the Henderson area has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #486 of 520 scored small-town markets and #22 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 pizza places in the Henderson area. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Henderson area spend about $50M a year on food away from home, or $3,093 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per pizza place, 45% 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 the Henderson area was 32 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 505 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. Population estimates show the Henderson area grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Henderson area 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 | Henderson area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 505 | 504 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,093 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,465 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 798
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1818 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 the Henderson area, 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 the Henderson area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,638+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 16,147
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 252 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $50,465+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,426
- Median home value
- $161,500
- Jobs located here
- 14,655
- Daytime population
- 37,464Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for pizza places, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Henderson area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 71 | 36 | 7.2 | $5M | +12.3% | #67 of 520 |
| 2Sanford, NC | 62 | 15 | 6.0 | $5.7M | +10.8% | #137 of 520 |
| 3Waynesville, NC | 56 | 18 | 6.6 | $5.1M | +1.9% | #188 of 520 |
| 4Boone, NC | 56 | 15 | 7.1 | $4.7M | +0.6% | #189 of 520 |
| 5Morehead City, NC | 56 | 31 | 9.7 | $3.9M | +4.1% | #196 of 520 |
| 6North Wilkesboro, NC | 52 | 18 | 6.6 | $4.5M | +0.6% | #232 of 520 |
| 7New Bern, NC | 52 | 44 | 8.4 | $4.1M | +3.6% | #233 of 520 |
| 8Albemarle, NC | 52 | 22 | 8.7 | $3.9M | +9.8% | #234 of 520 |
| 9Marion, NC | 51 | 13 | 7.0 | $4.6M | +1.5% | #241 of 520 |
| 10Brevard, NC | 50 | 15 | 10.3 | $3.4M | +2.9% | #257 of 520 |
| 22Henderson, NC | 25 | 18 | 11.1 | $2.8M | +0.2% | #486 of 520 |
Other business types in the Henderson area
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 the Henderson, NC area?
There are 18 pizza places on map listings in the Henderson area as of September 2026. 18 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Henderson, NC area spend on food away from home?
About $50M a year, or $3,093 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,147 households in the Henderson area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Henderson, NC area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Henderson area has 11.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Henderson area would have about 10, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 505 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Henderson, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Henderson area at 42,638 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,147 households. The median household income in the Henderson area is $50,465 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Henderson area scores 25 for pizza places (lower middle), #486 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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