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Pizza places in Carroll County, OH
The pizza places in Carroll County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,239 of 2,090 scored counties
#30 of 87 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 11
- 4 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $39.6M
- On food away from home · $3,531 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,475
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Carroll County spend about $39.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,531 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Carroll County has 11 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.8 for every 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 700 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $45K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll County.
Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Carroll County is 45 (lower middle), #1,239 of 2,090 scored counties and #30 of 87 scored counties in Ohio.
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Carroll County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 9.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 700 | 467 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,531 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,835 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 16All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 234
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $45K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,475−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 11,206
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 395 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $64,835+17.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,912
- Median home value
- $183,100
- Jobs located here
- 6,033
- Daytime population
- 20,770Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 78 | 25 | 10.3 | $4.7M | +16.5% | #127 of 2,090 |
| 2Warren County, OH | 73 | 71 | 7.7 | $6.3M | +5.7% | #221 of 2,090 |
| 3Morrow County, OH | 68 | 12 | 8.9 | $4.3M | +3.7% | #378 of 2,090 |
| 4Clermont County, OH | 67 | 61 | 7.2 | $5.8M | +3.9% | #401 of 2,090 |
| 5Delaware County, OH | 67 | 81 | 9.8 | $5.5M | +12.5% | #408 of 2,090 |
| 6Geauga County, OH | 67 | 32 | 8.9 | $5.4M | +0.3% | #409 of 2,090 |
| 7Holmes County, OH | 66 | 12 | 9.0 | $4.5M | +1.7% | #464 of 2,090 |
| 8Pickaway County, OH | 62 | 20 | 9.1 | $4.2M | +7.4% | #595 of 2,090 |
| 9Fairfield County, OH | 62 | 63 | 10.4 | $4.1M | +6.5% | #597 of 2,090 |
| 10Lorain County, OH | 60 | 108 | 8.5 | $4.6M | +3.1% | #651 of 2,090 |
| 30Carroll County, OH | 45 | 11 | 9.8 | $3.6M | −1.1% | #1,239 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Carroll County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Carroll County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 pizza places in Carroll County. 4 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $39.6M a year, or $3,531 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 11,206 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, OH compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Carroll County has 9.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.6M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Carroll County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 700 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 26,475 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,206 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $64,835, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.3%, 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. Carroll County scores 45 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,239 of 2,090 scored counties.
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