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Pizza places in Polk County, TN
The pizza places in Polk County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #566 of 2,090 scored counties
#22 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 6
- 4 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $25.1M
- On food away from home · $3,384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,592
- +5.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Polk County comes to about $25.1M a year: $3,384 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per pizza place, 18% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 6 pizza places on map listings in Polk County as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Polk County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 928 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Polk County is 63 (upper middle), #566 of 2,090 scored counties and #22 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Polk 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 | Polk County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 928 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,384 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,522 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 8All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 64 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,592+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,424
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,522+44.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,888
- Median home value
- $169,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,324
- Daytime population
- 13,260Residents 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 |
| 22Polk County, TN | 63 | 6 | 8.1 | $4.2M | +5.9% | #566 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Polk County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Polk County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 pizza places in Polk County. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Polk County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $25.1M a year, or $3,384 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 7,424 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Polk County has 8.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Polk County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 928 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 18,592 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,424 households. Median household income in Polk County is $62,522, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.4%, 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. Polk County scores 63 for pizza places (upper middle), #566 of 2,090 scored counties.
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