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Pizza places in Pickaway County, OH

How Pickaway 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #595 of 2,090 scored counties
#8 of 87 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
20
9 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
40
All limited-service restaurants · +2.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$84.3M
On food away from home · $3,850 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
62,978
+7.4% 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

At $3,850 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Pickaway County spend about $84.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 20 pizza places, that is $4.2M per pizza place, 17% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Pickaway County has 20 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 40 businesses with payroll in Pickaway County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 547 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 also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $487K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pickaway County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pickaway County grew 7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Pickaway County is 62 (upper middle), #595 of 2,090 scored counties and #8 of 87 scored counties in Ohio.

How Pickaway 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.

Pizza in Pickaway County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasurePickaway CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.19.68.0
Spending per listing$4.2M$4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)547467478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.6%+7.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,850$3,829$4,070
Median household income$74,040$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6224

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39 → 40All limited-service restaurants · +2.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
814
Annual payroll, 2023
$15.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
209 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$487K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
62,978+7.4% since 2020
Households
21,899
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
501 sq. mi.
People per square mile
120
Median household income
$74,040+16.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,673
Median home value
$256,800
Jobs located here
14,709
Daytime population
45,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for pizza places, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Pickaway County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH782510.3$4.7M+16.5%#127 of 2,090
2Warren County, OH73717.7$6.3M+5.7%#221 of 2,090
3Morrow County, OH68128.9$4.3M+3.7%#378 of 2,090
4Clermont County, OH67617.2$5.8M+3.9%#401 of 2,090
5Delaware County, OH67819.8$5.5M+12.5%#408 of 2,090
6Geauga County, OH67328.9$5.4M+0.3%#409 of 2,090
7Holmes County, OH66129.0$4.5M+1.7%#464 of 2,090
8Pickaway County, OH62209.1$4.2M+7.4%#595 of 2,090
9Fairfield County, OH626310.4$4.1M+6.5%#597 of 2,090
10Lorain County, OH601088.5$4.6M+3.1%#651 of 2,090

Other business types in Pickaway County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Pickaway County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 pizza places in Pickaway County. 9 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.6% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Pickaway County, OH spend on food away from home?

About $84.3M a year, or $3,850 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 21,899 households in Pickaway County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Pickaway County, OH compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Pickaway County has 9.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pickaway County would have about 17, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 547 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Pickaway County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Pickaway County at 62,978 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,899 households. Median household income in Pickaway County is $74,040, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.4%, 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. Pickaway County scores 62 for pizza places (upper middle), #595 of 2,090 scored counties.

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