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Pizza places in Vance County, NC

The pizza places in Vance County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,927 of 2,090 scored counties
#79 of 83 scored counties 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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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Vance County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,927 of 2,090 scored counties and #79 of 83 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Vance County spend about $50M a year on food away from home, or $3,093 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Vance County has 18 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 39% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Vance County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 505 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 put the population change in Vance County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Vance 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 Vance County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureVance CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.17.48.0
Spending per listing$2.8M$5.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)505504478
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+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 score2453

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
32 → 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 Vance 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 Vance County

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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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 Vance 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
79Vance County, NC241811.1$2.8M+0.2%#1,927 of 2,090

Other business types in Vance County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Vance County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 pizza places in Vance County. 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. 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.

How much do households in Vance County, NC 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. 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 16,147 households in Vance County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Vance County 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 U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Vance County 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 Vance County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Vance County at 42,638 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,147 households. Median household income in Vance County is $50,465, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Vance County scores 24 for pizza places (low), #1,927 of 2,090 scored counties.

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