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Pizza places in Davison County, SD

How Davison County, SD 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,430 of 2,090 scored counties
#12 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
21
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$31.6M
On food away from home · $3,547 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
11% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.9
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,069
+0.6% 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 $3,547 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Davison County spend about $31.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Davison County has 7 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.9 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Davison County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 424 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 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $587K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Davison County.

Population estimates put the population change in Davison County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Davison County has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #1,430 of 2,090 scored counties and #12 of 15 scored counties in South Dakota.

How Davison 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.

Pizza in Davison County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureDavison CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.910.98.0
Spending per listing$4.5M$3.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)424587478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,547$3,849$4,070
Median household income$66,208$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score4047

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 21All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
547
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
77 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$587K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
20,069+0.6% since 2020
Households
8,899
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
436 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,208+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,188
Median home value
$205,800
Jobs located here
12,476
Daytime population
21,213Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for pizza places, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Davison County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD88227.9$5.7M+17.5%#22 of 2,090
2Meade County, SD70108.4$4.6M+2.7%#321 of 2,090
3Hughes County, SD6656.9$5.8M−0.9%#447 of 2,090
4Union County, SD611216.4$2.6M+3.3%#631 of 2,090
5Butte County, SD59511.6$3.3M+5.5%#700 of 2,090
6Beadle County, SD5579.3$3.8M+2.4%#841 of 2,090
7Lawrence County, SD551210.0$3.7M+14.0%#844 of 2,090
8Minnehaha County, SD519110.7$3.7M+7.6%#993 of 2,090
9Pennington County, SD50449.5$4.1M+6.6%#1,028 of 2,090
10Codington County, SD431713.6$2.7M+4.3%#1,340 of 2,090
12Davison County, SD4077.9$4.5M+0.6%#1,430 of 2,090

Other business types in Davison County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Davison County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 pizza places in Davison County. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 21 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Davison County, SD spend on food away from home?

About $31.6M a year, or $3,547 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 8,899 households in Davison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Davison County, SD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Davison County has 7.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Davison County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 424 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Davison County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Davison County at 20,069 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,899 households. Median household income in Davison County is $66,208, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Davison County scores 40 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,430 of 2,090 scored counties.

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