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Pizza places in McMinn County, TN
How McMinn 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #645 of 2,090 scored counties
#26 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 14
- 11 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $71.3M
- On food away from home · $3,362 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,404
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 pizza places in McMinn County. Chain locations make up 79% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in McMinn County comes to about $71.3M a year: $3,362 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, in line with 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 38 businesses with payroll in McMinn County classed as limited-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 558 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in McMinn County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in McMinn County is 60 (upper middle), #645 of 2,090 scored counties and #26 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee.
How McMinn 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 | McMinn County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 558 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,362 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,470 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 38All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 905
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1411 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 McMinn 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 McMinn County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,404+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 21,218
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 430 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 128
- Median household income
- $61,470+42.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,692
- Median home value
- $211,800
- Jobs located here
- 17,828
- Daytime population
- 50,660Residents 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 |
| 26McMinn County, TN | 60 | 14 | 6.6 | $5.1M | +7.6% | #645 of 2,090 |
Other business types in McMinn County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in McMinn County, TN?
There are 14 pizza places on map listings in McMinn County as of September 2026. 11 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in McMinn County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $71.3M a year, or $3,362 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,218 households in McMinn County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McMinn County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
McMinn County has 6.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 558 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is McMinn County, TN growing?
Population estimates put McMinn County at 57,404 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,218 households. The median household income in McMinn County is $61,470 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.0% 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. McMinn County scores 60 for pizza places (upper middle), #645 of 2,090 scored counties.
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