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Pizza places in Anderson County, TN
How Anderson County, TN 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #947 of 2,090 scored counties
#37 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 26
- 23 chain locations (88%)
- Official establishments
- 71
- All limited-service restaurants · −2.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $117.3M
- On food away from home · $3,581 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
- 82,066
- +6.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Anderson County spend about $117.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,581 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.5M per pizza place, 11% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 26 pizza places on map listings in Anderson County as of September 2026. 23 of them (88%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.9, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 71 businesses with payroll in Anderson County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 2.7% from 2019. That is one for every 461 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 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Anderson County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anderson County grew 6.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Anderson County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #947 of 2,090 scored counties and #37 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Anderson County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Anderson County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 461 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.7% | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,581 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,183 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 73 → 71All limited-service restaurants · −2.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,623
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2623 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Anderson 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 Anderson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,066+6.1% since 2020
- Households
- 32,755
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 337 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 235
- Median household income
- $66,183+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,830
- Median home value
- $239,400
- Jobs located here
- 56,272
- Daytime population
- 100,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 90 | 7 | 4.1 | $9.9M | +7.7% | #12 of 2,090 |
| 2Loudon County, TN | 85 | 13 | 5.4 | $7.4M | +15.6% | #38 of 2,090 |
| 3Sumner County, TN | 81 | 49 | 6.2 | $6.6M | +9.2% | #67 of 2,090 |
| 4Bedford County, TN | 79 | 7 | 3.6 | $9.7M | +9.7% | #92 of 2,090 |
| 5Franklin County, TN | 78 | 7 | 4.0 | $8.5M | +6.4% | #113 of 2,090 |
| 6Marshall County, TN | 77 | 7 | 5.1 | $7.1M | +10.5% | #131 of 2,090 |
| 7Cheatham County, TN | 77 | 10 | 6.1 | $6.5M | +4.1% | #135 of 2,090 |
| 8Blount County, TN | 77 | 33 | 5.9 | $6.4M | +6.0% | #137 of 2,090 |
| 9Tipton County, TN | 76 | 12 | 5.3 | $6.9M | +2.0% | #154 of 2,090 |
| 10Williamson County, TN | 74 | 68 | 7.4 | $7.2M | +9.0% | #185 of 2,090 |
| 37Anderson County, TN | 52 | 26 | 7.9 | $4.5M | +6.1% | #947 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Anderson County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 pizza places in Anderson County. 23 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 2.7% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Anderson County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $117.3M a year, or $3,581 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 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 32,755 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anderson County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Anderson 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, Anderson County would have about 23, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 461 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Anderson County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Anderson County at 82,066 people in 2025, up 6.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 32,755 households. Median household income in Anderson County is $66,183, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.3%, 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. Anderson County scores 52 for pizza places (upper middle), #947 of 2,090 scored counties.
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