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Pizza places in Shelby County, TN
How Shelby 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,002 of 2,090 scored counties
#40 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 191
- 143 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 790
- All limited-service restaurants · −1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On food away from home · $3,606 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 910,226
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,606 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Shelby County spend about $1.3B a year on food away from home. Spread across 191 pizza places, that is $6.8M per pizza place, 35% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 191 pizza places on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. Of those, 143 are chain locations, or 75%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 790 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Shelby County in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 459 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. Official counts list 162 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 20 SBA-backed loans worth $12.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Shelby County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Shelby County is 50 (upper middle), #1,002 of 2,090 scored counties and #40 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 459 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.5% | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,606 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,767 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 802 → 790All limited-service restaurants · −1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 16,125
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $320.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 162All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 191143 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 257The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 20
- Amount
- $12.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 910,226−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 362,741
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,221
- Median household income
- $63,767+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,646
- Median home value
- $249,100
- Jobs located here
- 497,377
- Daytime population
- 1,001,197Residents 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 |
| 40Shelby County, TN | 50 | 191 | 5.3 | $6.8M | −2.1% | #1,002 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Shelby County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Shelby County, TN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 191 pizza places in Shelby County. 143 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 790 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 1.5% from 2019. 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 162 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Shelby County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $1.3B a year, or $3,606 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 191 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 362,741 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Shelby County has 5.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.8M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Shelby County would have about 257, against 191 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 459 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 910,226 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 362,741 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $63,767, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Shelby County scores 50 for pizza places (upper middle), #1,002 of 2,090 scored counties.
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