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Pizza places in Williams County, ND

How Williams 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #685 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
13
11 chain locations (85%)
Official establishments
30
All limited-service restaurants · +15.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$64.7M
On food away from home · $4,269 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.6
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,767
+1.4% 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 13 pizza places in Williams County. 11 of them (85%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Williams County spend about $64.7M a year on food away from home, or $4,269 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per pizza place, 2% 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 30 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Williams County in 2023, up 15.4% 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. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Williams County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Williams County is 59 (upper middle), #685 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 12 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Williams 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 Williams County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWilliams CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.610.18.0
Spending per listing$5M$3.9M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)505649478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+15.4%+2.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,269$3,940$4,070
Median household income$85,595$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score5950

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26 → 30All limited-service restaurants · +15.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
659
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1311 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Williams 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 Williams County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,767+1.4% since 2020
Households
15,154
Median age
33.3
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,078 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$85,595−1.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,741
Median home value
$284,800
Jobs located here
25,521
Daytime population
44,045Residents 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 Williams 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 Williams County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Williams County, ND?

There are 13 pizza places on map listings in Williams County as of September 2026. 11 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.4% 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 Williams County, ND spend on food away from home?

About $64.7M a year, or $4,269 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $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 15,154 households in Williams County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Williams County has 8.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. 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 rose 15.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Williams County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Williams County at 41,767 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,154 households. The median household income in Williams County is $85,595 a year, 6% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That fell 1.8% 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. Williams County scores 59 for pizza places (upper middle), #685 of 2,090 scored counties.

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