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Pizza places in the Morristown, TN metro area

How the Morristown, TN metro area compares with other metro areas 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 #270 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
41
28 chain locations (68%)
Official establishments
95
All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$159.9M
On food away from home · $3,335 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
128,867
+7.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 pizza places in the Morristown metro area. Of those, 28 are chain locations, or 68%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in the Morristown metro area comes to about $159.9M a year: $3,335 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 41 pizza places, that is $3.9M per pizza place, 23% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 95 businesses with payroll in the Morristown metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 505 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 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $960K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Morristown metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Morristown metro area grew 7.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, the Morristown metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #270 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Morristown 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 Morristown, TN metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMorristown metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.57.28.0
Spending per listing$3.9M$5.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)505492478
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+6.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.9%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,335$3,670$4,070
Median household income$60,553$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4048

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
95All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,284
Annual payroll, 2023
$40.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
17All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4128 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$960K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Morristown 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 Morristown metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
128,867+7.9% since 2020
Households
47,963
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
436 sq. mi.
People per square mile
281
Median household income
$60,553
Average household income
$82,265
Median home value
$218,100
Jobs located here
47,715
Daytime population
119,291Residents 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 Morristown 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 Morristown metro area

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

Questions

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

There are 41 pizza places on map listings in the Morristown metro area as of September 2026. 28 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 95 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. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $159.9M a year, or $3,335 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 47,963 households in the Morristown metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Morristown metro area has 8.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.9M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Morristown metro area would have about 32, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 505 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 the Morristown, TN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Morristown metro area at 128,867 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,963 households. The median household income in the Morristown metro area is $60,553 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Morristown metro area scores 40 for pizza places (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas.

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