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Pizza places in Grayson County, TX

How Grayson 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #875 of 2,090 scored counties
#78 of 122 scored counties in Texas

Listings
60
42 chain locations (70%)
Official establishments
103
All limited-service restaurants · +12.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$205.6M
On food away from home · $3,721 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.9
36% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
153,613
+12.8% 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

Households in Grayson County spend about $205.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,721 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per pizza place, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 60 pizza places on map listings in Grayson County as of September 2026. 42 of them (70%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.9 per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Grayson County in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 536 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. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Grayson County.

Population estimates show Grayson County grew 12.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Grayson County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #875 of 2,090 scored counties and #78 of 122 scored counties in Texas.

How Grayson 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 Grayson County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGrayson CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.96.58.0
Spending per listing$3.4M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)536451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.0%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,721$3,970$4,070
Median household income$72,182$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5464

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
92 → 103All limited-service restaurants · +12.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,296
Annual payroll, 2023
$44.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
21All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6042 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
153,613+12.8% since 2020
Households
55,248
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
933 sq. mi.
People per square mile
154
Median household income
$72,182+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,000
Median home value
$248,400
Jobs located here
48,982
Daytime population
126,889Residents 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 Grayson 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
78Grayson County, TX546010.9$3.4M+12.8%#875 of 2,090

Other business types in Grayson County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Grayson County, TX?

As of September 2026, map listings count 60 pizza places in Grayson County. 42 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $205.6M a year, or $3,721 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 55,248 households in Grayson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grayson County has 10.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Grayson County would have about 41, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 536 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Grayson County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Grayson County at 153,613 people in 2025, up 12.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,248 households. Median household income in Grayson County is $72,182, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.7%, 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. Grayson County scores 54 for pizza places (upper middle), #875 of 2,090 scored counties.

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