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Pizza places in Richland County, ND
The pizza places in Richland County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #487 of 2,090 scored counties
#4 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $26.7M
- On food away from home · $3,895 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,731
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pizza places in Richland County. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 50%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Richland County comes to about $26.7M a year: $3,895 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 13% 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.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Richland County in 2023. That is one for every 856 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $165K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Richland County.
Population estimates show Richland County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Richland County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #487 of 2,090 scored counties and #4 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Richland 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.
| Measure | Richland County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 10.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $3.9M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 856 | 649 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,895 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,432 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 8All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 171
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 63 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $165K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Richland 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 Richland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,731+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,849
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $75,432+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,435
- Median home value
- $183,600
- Jobs located here
- 7,757
- Daytime population
- 15,983Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for pizza places, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Richland County marked.
Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Burleigh County, ND | 77 | 25 | 6.1 | $7M | +4.7% | #132 of 2,090 |
| 2Morton County, ND | 69 | 13 | 9.3 | $4.3M | +3.8% | #356 of 2,090 |
| 3Cass County, ND | 67 | 74 | 8.8 | $4.5M | +9.1% | #424 of 2,090 |
| 4Richland County, ND | 65 | 6 | 8.8 | $4.4M | +1.2% | #487 of 2,090 |
| 5McKenzie County, ND | 64 | 9 | 15.0 | $3.1M | +2.8% | #526 of 2,090 |
| 6Stark County, ND | 61 | 10 | 7.4 | $5.3M | +0.5% | #614 of 2,090 |
| 7Williams County, ND | 59 | 13 | 8.6 | $5M | +1.4% | #685 of 2,090 |
| 8Stutsman County, ND | 55 | 7 | 7.4 | $4.8M | −0.6% | #829 of 2,090 |
| 9Grand Forks County, ND | 51 | 30 | 9.6 | $3.9M | +1.9% | #987 of 2,090 |
| 10Walsh County, ND | 47 | 5 | 11.4 | $3.3M | −3.3% | #1,162 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Richland County
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 Richland County, ND?
Richland County has 6 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.
How much do households in Richland County, ND spend on food away from home?
About $26.7M a year, or $3,895 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,849 households in Richland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richland County, ND compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Richland County has 8.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.4M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Richland County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 856 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Richland County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Richland County at 16,731 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,849 households. The median household income in Richland County is $75,432 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Richland County scores 65 for pizza places (upper middle), #487 of 2,090 scored counties.
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