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Pizza places in Comal County, TX
The pizza places in Comal County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #176 of 2,090 scored counties
#25 of 122 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 59
- 39 chain locations (66%)
- Official establishments
- 136
- All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $323.9M
- On food away from home · $4,539 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 209,166
- +27.9% since 2020
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What this means
Comal County scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #176 of 2,090 scored counties and #25 of 122 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Households in Comal County spend about $323.9M a year on food away from home, or $4,539 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 8% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Comal County has 59 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 39 of them (66%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.3, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 136 businesses with payroll in Comal County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 10.6% from 2019. That is one for every 525 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Comal County. Population estimates show Comal County grew 27.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Comal 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.
| Measure | Comal County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 525 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.6% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +27.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,539 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $101,889 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 123 → 136All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,423
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $73.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5939 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
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Comal 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 Comal County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 209,166+27.9% since 2020
- Households
- 71,354
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 560 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 329
- Median household income
- $101,889+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,953
- Median home value
- $427,200
- Jobs located here
- 76,984
- Daytime population
- 179,700Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bastrop County, TX | 90 | 14 | 3.8 | $10.6M | +21.3% | #10 of 2,090 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 32 | 4.9 | $8.6M | +15.8% | #13 of 2,090 |
| 3Waller County, TX | 86 | 10 | 5.5 | $7.5M | +21.9% | #30 of 2,090 |
| 4Aransas County, TX | 83 | 5 | 4.0 | $9.1M | +9.3% | #50 of 2,090 |
| 5Lampasas County, TX | 82 | 5 | 6.0 | $6.7M | +9.0% | #59 of 2,090 |
| 6Wood County, TX | 81 | 8 | 4.3 | $8M | +10.3% | #63 of 2,090 |
| 7Burnet County, TX | 81 | 12 | 5.7 | $6.9M | +15.2% | #66 of 2,090 |
| 8Wise County, TX | 81 | 17 | 6.8 | $6.2M | +21.5% | #69 of 2,090 |
| 9Wilson County, TX | 80 | 9 | 4.9 | $8.6M | +12.2% | #78 of 2,090 |
| 10Caldwell County, TX | 79 | 7 | 4.2 | $8.5M | +20.0% | #93 of 2,090 |
| 25Comal County, TX | 75 | 59 | 8.3 | $5.5M | +27.9% | #176 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Comal County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Comal County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 59 pizza places in Comal County. 39 of them (66%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 136 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.6% 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 23 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Comal County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $323.9M a year, or $4,539 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 71,354 households in Comal County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Comal County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Comal County has 8.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.5M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Comal County would have about 64, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 525 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Comal County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Comal County at 209,166 people in 2025, up 27.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,354 households. Median household income in Comal County is $101,889, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Comal County scores 75 for pizza places (high), #176 of 2,090 scored counties.
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