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Pizza places in Guernsey County, OH
How Guernsey County, OH 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,861 of 2,090 scored counties
#68 of 87 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 16
- 11 chain locations (69%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.8M
- On food away from home · $3,295 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,379
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Guernsey County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,861 of 2,090 scored counties and #68 of 87 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,295 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Guernsey County spend about $53.8M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.4M per pizza place, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Guernsey County has 16 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 69% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.8 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 36 businesses with payroll in Guernsey County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 453 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $946K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Guernsey County. Population estimates put the population change in Guernsey County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Guernsey 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 | Guernsey County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 9.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 453 | 467 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.9% | +7.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,295 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,478 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 36All limited-service restaurants · +2.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 642
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1611 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $946K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Guernsey 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 Guernsey County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,379−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 16,318
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 73
- Median household income
- $58,478+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,252
- Median home value
- $157,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,461
- Daytime population
- 37,216Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for pizza places, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Guernsey County marked.
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 |
| 68Guernsey County, OH | 27 | 16 | 9.8 | $3.4M | −0.1% | #1,861 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Guernsey County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 pizza places in Guernsey County. 11 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.
How much do households in Guernsey County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $53.8M a year, or $3,295 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 16,318 households in Guernsey County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Guernsey County, OH compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Guernsey County has 9.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Guernsey County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 453 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Guernsey County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Guernsey County at 38,379 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,318 households. Median household income in Guernsey County is $58,478, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Guernsey County scores 27 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,861 of 2,090 scored counties.
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