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Pizza places in Bell County, TX

How Bell County, TX 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #746 of 2,090 scored counties
#66 of 122 scored counties in Texas

Listings
97
66 chain locations (68%)
Official establishments
303
All limited-service restaurants · +17.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$500.7M
On food away from home · $3,519 a household
Spending per listing
$5.2M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
402,248
+8.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 97 pizza places in Bell County. 66 of them (68%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 15% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Bell County spend about $500.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,519 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.2M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 2% 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.

Official counts show 303 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Bell County in 2023, up 17.0% from 2019. That is one for every 470 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 68 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $5.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bell County.

Population estimates show Bell County grew 8.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bell County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #746 of 2,090 scored counties and #66 of 122 scored counties in Texas.

How Bell County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Bell County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBell CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.86.58.0
Spending per listing$5.2M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)470451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+17.0%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,519$3,970$4,070
Median household income$68,865$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5764

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
259 → 303All limited-service restaurants · +17.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,053
Annual payroll, 2023
$124.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
68All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9766 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
99The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$5.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
402,248+8.0% since 2020
Households
142,305
Median age
34.0
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,054 sq. mi.
People per square mile
367
Median household income
$68,865+25.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,513
Median home value
$241,000
Jobs located here
118,827
Daytime population
363,152Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bastrop County, TX90143.8$10.6M+21.3%#10 of 2,090
2Guadalupe County, TX90324.9$8.6M+15.8%#13 of 2,090
3Waller County, TX86105.5$7.5M+21.9%#30 of 2,090
4Aransas County, TX8354.0$9.1M+9.3%#50 of 2,090
5Lampasas County, TX8256.0$6.7M+9.0%#59 of 2,090
6Wood County, TX8184.3$8M+10.3%#63 of 2,090
7Burnet County, TX81125.7$6.9M+15.2%#66 of 2,090
8Wise County, TX81176.8$6.2M+21.5%#69 of 2,090
9Wilson County, TX8094.9$8.6M+12.2%#78 of 2,090
10Caldwell County, TX7974.2$8.5M+20.0%#93 of 2,090
66Bell County, TX57976.8$5.2M+8.0%#746 of 2,090

Other business types in Bell County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Bell County, TX?

Bell County has 97 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 66 of them (68%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 303 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 17.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 68 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Bell County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $500.7M a year, or $3,519 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 142,305 households in Bell County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bell County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Bell County has 6.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.2M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Bell County would have about 99, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 470 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Bell County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Bell County at 402,248 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 142,305 households. The median household income in Bell County is $68,865 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.5% 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. Bell County scores 57 for pizza places (upper middle), #746 of 2,090 scored counties.

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