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Pizza places in Cass County, ND

How Cass County, ND 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #424 of 2,090 scored counties
#3 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
74
60 chain locations (81%)
Official establishments
147
All limited-service restaurants · −5.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$331.9M
On food away from home · $3,954 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,794
+9.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 74 pizza places in Cass County. 60 of them (81%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 8.8 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Cass County spend about $331.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,954 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 74 pizza places, that is $4.5M per pizza place, 12% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 147 businesses with payroll in Cass County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 5.8% from 2019. That is one for every 571 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 list 20 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass County.

Population estimates show Cass County grew 9.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Cass County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #424 of 2,090 scored counties and #3 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Cass County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Cass County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.810.18.0
Spending per listing$4.5M$3.9M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)571649478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−5.8%+2.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,954$3,940$4,070
Median household income$75,555$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score6750

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
156 → 147All limited-service restaurants · −5.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,841
Annual payroll, 2023
$58.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
20All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7460 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
65The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$2.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,794+9.1% since 2020
Households
83,945
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,765 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$75,555+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,789
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
131,603
Daytime population
221,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across North Dakota

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

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Burleigh County, ND77256.1$7M+4.7%#132 of 2,090
2Morton County, ND69139.3$4.3M+3.8%#356 of 2,090
3Cass County, ND67748.8$4.5M+9.1%#424 of 2,090
4Richland County, ND6568.8$4.4M+1.2%#487 of 2,090
5McKenzie County, ND64915.0$3.1M+2.8%#526 of 2,090
6Stark County, ND61107.4$5.3M+0.5%#614 of 2,090
7Williams County, ND59138.6$5M+1.4%#685 of 2,090
8Stutsman County, ND5577.4$4.8M−0.6%#829 of 2,090
9Grand Forks County, ND51309.6$3.9M+1.9%#987 of 2,090
10Walsh County, ND47511.4$3.3M−3.3%#1,162 of 2,090

Other business types in Cass County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Cass County, ND?

There are 74 pizza places on map listings in Cass County as of September 2026. 60 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 147 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.8% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Cass County, ND spend on food away from home?

About $331.9M a year, or $3,954 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,945 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, ND compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Cass County has 8.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Cass County would have about 65, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 571 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 201,794 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,945 households. The median household income in Cass County is $75,555 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. Cass County scores 67 for pizza places (upper middle), #424 of 2,090 scored counties.

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