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Pizza places in Galveston County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #189 of 2,090 scored counties
#26 of 122 scored counties in Texas

Listings
86
64 chain locations (74%)
Official establishments
278
All limited-service restaurants · +8.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$587.8M
On food away from home · $4,179 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
372,207
+5.9% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Galveston County is 74 (upper middle), #189 of 2,090 scored counties and #26 of 122 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

Household spending on food away from home in Galveston County comes to about $587.8M a year: $4,179 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 35% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 86 pizza places on map listings in Galveston County as of September 2026. 64 of them (74%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 278 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Galveston County in 2023, up 8.6% from 2019. That is one for every 506 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, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Galveston County. Population estimates put the population change in Galveston County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Galveston 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 Galveston County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGalveston CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.16.58.0
Spending per listing$6.8M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)506451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.6%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,179$3,970$4,070
Median household income$86,105$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7464

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
256 → 278All limited-service restaurants · +8.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,399
Annual payroll, 2023
$119.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
84All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8664 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
116The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
10
Amount
$3.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
372,207+5.9% since 2020
Households
140,660
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
379 sq. mi.
People per square mile
946
Median household income
$86,105+17.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,259
Median home value
$314,600
Jobs located here
122,596
Daytime population
313,358Residents 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 Galveston 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
26Galveston County, TX74866.1$6.8M+5.9%#189 of 2,090

Other business types in Galveston County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Galveston County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 86 pizza places in Galveston County. 64 of them (74%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 278 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.6% 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 list 84 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $587.8M a year, or $4,179 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 140,660 households in Galveston County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Galveston County has 6.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.8M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Galveston County would have about 116, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 506 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Galveston County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Galveston County at 372,207 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,660 households. Median household income in Galveston County is $86,105, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.4%, 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. Galveston County scores 74 for pizza places (upper middle), #189 of 2,090 scored counties.

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