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Pizza places in Fort Bend County, TX
The pizza places in Fort Bend County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #116 of 2,090 scored counties
#17 of 122 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 179
- 133 chain locations (74%)
- Official establishments
- 636
- All limited-service restaurants · +20.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.4B
- On food away from home · $4,814 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.9M
- 55% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 975,191
- +17.4% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Fort Bend County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #116 of 2,090 scored counties and #17 of 122 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
As of September 2026, map listings count 179 pizza places in Fort Bend County. 133 of them (74%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Fort Bend County comes to about $1.4B a year: $4,814 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. Spread across 179 pizza places, that is $7.9M per pizza place, 55% 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 636 businesses with payroll in Fort Bend County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 20.2% from 2019. That is one for every 460 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, 30 SBA-backed loans worth $17.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Fort Bend County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fort Bend County grew 17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fort Bend 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 | Fort Bend County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.9M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 460 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.2% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,814 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $114,041 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 529 → 636All limited-service restaurants · +20.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 13,859
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $271.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 195All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 179133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 277The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 30
- Amount
- $17.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 975,191+17.4% since 2020
- Households
- 292,713
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 862 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,037
- Median household income
- $114,041+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $145,132
- Median home value
- $374,500
- Jobs located here
- 248,090
- Daytime population
- 729,530Residents 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 |
| 17Fort Bend County, TX | 78 | 179 | 6.1 | $7.9M | +17.4% | #116 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Fort Bend County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Fort Bend County, TX?
Fort Bend County has 179 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 133 of them (74%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 636 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 20.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 195 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fort Bend County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $1.4B a year, or $4,814 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 179 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.9M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 292,713 households in Fort Bend County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fort Bend County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Fort Bend County has 6.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.9M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Fort Bend County would have about 277, against 179 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 460 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Fort Bend County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Fort Bend County at 975,191 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 292,713 households. The median household income in Fort Bend County is $114,041 a year, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% 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. Fort Bend County scores 78 for pizza places (high), #116 of 2,090 scored counties.
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