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Pizza places in Sullivan County, TN
How Sullivan 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,468 of 2,090 scored counties
#57 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 57
- 45 chain locations (79%)
- Official establishments
- 162
- All limited-service restaurants · +1.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $232.3M
- On food away from home · $3,371 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 163,759
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 57 pizza places in Sullivan County. Chain locations make up 79% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,371 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Sullivan County spend about $232.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 57 pizza places, that is $4.1M per pizza place, 20% 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 162 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Sullivan County in 2023, up 1.9% from 2019. That is one for every 425 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 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $321K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Sullivan County.
Population estimates show Sullivan County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Sullivan County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,468 of 2,090 scored counties and #57 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Sullivan 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 | Sullivan County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 425 | 492 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.9% | +6.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,371 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,807 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 159 → 162All limited-service restaurants · +1.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,677
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5745 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $321K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 163,759+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 68,907
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 388
- Median household income
- $58,807+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,467
- Median home value
- $213,300
- Jobs located here
- 71,251
- Daytime population
- 164,416Residents 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 |
| 57Sullivan County, TN | 39 | 57 | 8.3 | $4.1M | +3.5% | #1,468 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Sullivan County, TN?
Sullivan County has 57 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 45 of them (79%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 162 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sullivan County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $232.3M a year, or $3,371 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 68,907 households in Sullivan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sullivan County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Sullivan County has 8.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Sullivan County would have about 46, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 425 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Sullivan County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Sullivan County at 163,759 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,907 households. The median household income in Sullivan County is $58,807 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Sullivan County scores 39 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,468 of 2,090 scored counties.
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