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Pizza places in the Jackson, TN metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Jackson, TN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #325 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
54
41 chain locations (76%)
Official establishments
151
All limited-service restaurants · +11.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$240.4M
On food away from home · $3,317 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
12% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
184,569
+2.2% 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

The Jackson metro area scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #325 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 pizza places in the Jackson metro area. Of those, 41 are chain locations, or 76%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.5 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in the Jackson metro area comes to about $240.4M a year: $3,317 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 54 pizza places, that is $4.5M per pizza place, 12% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Jackson metro area was 151 in 2023, up 11.9% from 2019. That is one for every 480 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. Population estimates show the Jackson metro area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Jackson metro area 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.

Pizza in Jackson, TN metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureJackson metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.57.28.0
Spending per listing$4.5M$5.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)480492478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.9%+6.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,317$3,670$4,070
Median household income$61,177$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score3248

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
151All limited-service restaurants · +11.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,612
Annual payroll, 2023
$62.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
29All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5441 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
47The 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 the Jackson metro area, 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 the Jackson metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
184,569+2.2% since 2020
Households
72,451
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,711 sq. mi.
People per square mile
106
Median household income
$61,177+30.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,447
Median home value
$185,300
Jobs located here
84,298
Daytime population
188,381Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for pizza places, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Jackson metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN645897.1$5.8M+8.7%#97 of 387
2Chattanooga, TN-GA571606.9$5.4M+5.3%#132 of 387
3Cleveland, TN56306.0$5.7M+6.1%#138 of 387
4Knoxville, TN562957.8$4.8M+6.9%#144 of 387
5Memphis, TN-MS-AR492935.6$6.5M−0.3%#202 of 387
6Clarksville, TN-KY421149.1$3.9M+8.5%#255 of 387
7Morristown, TN40418.5$3.9M+7.9%#270 of 387
8Johnson City, TN38728.1$4.1M+4.3%#289 of 387
9Jackson, TN32547.5$4.5M+2.2%#325 of 387
10Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA281219.2$3.6M+2.3%#348 of 387

Other business types in the Jackson metro area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Jackson, TN metro area?

There are 54 pizza places on map listings in the Jackson metro area as of September 2026. 41 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 151 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Jackson, TN metro area spend on food away from home?

About $240.4M a year, or $3,317 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 72,451 households in the Jackson metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jackson, TN metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Jackson metro area has 7.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Jackson metro area would have about 47, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 480 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Jackson, TN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Jackson metro area at 184,569 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 72,451 households. The median household income in the Jackson metro area is $61,177 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.5% 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. The Jackson metro area scores 32 for pizza places (lower middle), #325 of 387 scored metro areas.

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