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Pizza places in Sumner County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Sumner County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 81 out of 100: High

Ranked #67 of 2,090 scored counties
#3 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
49
37 chain locations (76%)
Official establishments
131
All limited-service restaurants · +18.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$325.2M
On food away from home · $4,138 a household
Spending per listing
$6.6M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
215,538
+9.2% 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

For pizza places, Sumner County has a Groundwork market score of 81 (high): #67 of 2,090 scored counties and #3 of 70 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 pizza places in Sumner County. Of those, 37 are chain locations, or 76%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $4,138 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Sumner County spend about $325.2M a year on food away from home. That is about $6.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 31% above 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 131 businesses with payroll in Sumner County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 18.0% from 2019. That is one for every 600 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Sumner County. Population estimates show Sumner County grew 9.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sumner 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.

Pizza in Sumner County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureSumner CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.27.28.0
Spending per listing$6.6M$5.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)600492478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+18.0%+6.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,138$3,670$4,070
Median household income$90,301$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score8148

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
111 → 131All limited-service restaurants · +18.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,844
Annual payroll, 2023
$57.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
38All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4937 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
64The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Sumner 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 Sumner County

Population, 2025 estimate
215,538+9.2% since 2020
Households
78,582
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
530 sq. mi.
People per square mile
386
Median household income
$90,301+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,861
Median home value
$393,100
Jobs located here
61,310
Daytime population
168,009Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for pizza places, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Sumner County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN9074.1$9.9M+7.7%#12 of 2,090
2Loudon County, TN85135.4$7.4M+15.6%#38 of 2,090
3Sumner County, TN81496.2$6.6M+9.2%#67 of 2,090
4Bedford County, TN7973.6$9.7M+9.7%#92 of 2,090
5Franklin County, TN7874.0$8.5M+6.4%#113 of 2,090
6Marshall County, TN7775.1$7.1M+10.5%#131 of 2,090
7Cheatham County, TN77106.1$6.5M+4.1%#135 of 2,090
8Blount County, TN77335.9$6.4M+6.0%#137 of 2,090
9Tipton County, TN76125.3$6.9M+2.0%#154 of 2,090
10Williamson County, TN74687.4$7.2M+9.0%#185 of 2,090

Other business types in Sumner County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Sumner County, TN?

There are 49 pizza places on map listings in Sumner County as of September 2026. 37 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 131 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Sumner County, TN spend on food away from home?

About $325.2M a year, or $4,138 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,582 households in Sumner County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sumner County, TN compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Sumner County has 6.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.6M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Sumner County would have about 64, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 600 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Sumner County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Sumner County at 215,538 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,582 households. The median household income in Sumner County is $90,301 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.4% 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. Sumner County scores 81 for pizza places (high), #67 of 2,090 scored counties.

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