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Pizza places in Monroe County, TN
How Monroe 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,236 of 2,090 scored counties
#46 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 17
- 13 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $61.9M
- On food away from home · $3,142 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,730
- +7.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 pizza places in Monroe County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 76%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.6, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Monroe County spend about $61.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,142 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 28% 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.
Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Monroe County in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 548 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show Monroe County grew 7.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Monroe County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,236 of 2,090 scored counties and #46 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Monroe 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 | Monroe County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 548 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.9% | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,142 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,895 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 36All limited-service restaurants · +2.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 817
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1713 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,730+7.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,714
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 636 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $56,895+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,575
- Median home value
- $227,500
- Jobs located here
- 15,693
- Daytime population
- 44,422Residents 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 |
| 46Monroe County, TN | 45 | 17 | 8.6 | $3.6M | +7.2% | #1,236 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Monroe County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Monroe County, TN?
Monroe County has 17 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Monroe County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $61.9M a year, or $3,142 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,714 households in Monroe County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monroe County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Monroe County has 8.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.6M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Monroe County would have about 12, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 548 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Monroe County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Monroe County at 49,730 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,714 households. The median household income in Monroe County is $56,895 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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. Monroe County scores 45 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,236 of 2,090 scored counties.
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