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Pizza places in Beadle County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Beadle County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #841 of 2,090 scored counties
#6 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 7
- 6 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $26.9M
- On food away from home · $3,575 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,624
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pizza places in Beadle County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 86%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,575 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Beadle County spend about $26.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.8M per pizza place, 24% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Beadle County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 685 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Beadle County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Beadle County scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #841 of 2,090 scored counties and #6 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Beadle County compares
The same measures for South 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 | Beadle County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 10.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $3.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 685 | 587 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,575 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,681 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 11All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 242
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 76 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Beadle 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 Beadle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,624+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,536
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,259 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $67,681+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $175,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,288
- Daytime population
- 18,287Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 88 | 22 | 7.9 | $5.7M | +17.5% | #22 of 2,090 |
| 2Meade County, SD | 70 | 10 | 8.4 | $4.6M | +2.7% | #321 of 2,090 |
| 3Hughes County, SD | 66 | 5 | 6.9 | $5.8M | −0.9% | #447 of 2,090 |
| 4Union County, SD | 61 | 12 | 16.4 | $2.6M | +3.3% | #631 of 2,090 |
| 5Butte County, SD | 59 | 5 | 11.6 | $3.3M | +5.5% | #700 of 2,090 |
| 6Beadle County, SD | 55 | 7 | 9.3 | $3.8M | +2.4% | #841 of 2,090 |
| 7Lawrence County, SD | 55 | 12 | 10.0 | $3.7M | +14.0% | #844 of 2,090 |
| 8Minnehaha County, SD | 51 | 91 | 10.7 | $3.7M | +7.6% | #993 of 2,090 |
| 9Pennington County, SD | 50 | 44 | 9.5 | $4.1M | +6.6% | #1,028 of 2,090 |
| 10Codington County, SD | 43 | 17 | 13.6 | $2.7M | +4.3% | #1,340 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Beadle 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 Beadle County, SD?
There are 7 pizza places on map listings in Beadle County as of September 2026. 6 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 11 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 Beadle County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $26.9M a year, or $3,575 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,536 households in Beadle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Beadle County, SD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Beadle County has 9.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.8M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Beadle County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 685 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Beadle County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Beadle County at 19,624 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,536 households. The median household income in Beadle County is $67,681 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Beadle County scores 55 for pizza places (upper middle), #841 of 2,090 scored counties.
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